After Life

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Amber Crane isn't supposed to be here.

One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car riding the very same bike. This return doesn't only impact Amber. Her weird little sister, Melissa, is a whole different person. Her now-divorced parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple farther and farther out: Amber's friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death. In the midst of everyone's turmoil, Amber is struggling with herself. What kind of person was she Why was she given this second chance

Author Bio

Award-winning author and journalist Gayle Forman has written several bestselling novels, including I Have Lost My Way, Leave Me, the Just One Series, and the #1 New York Times bestseller If I Stay, which has been translated into more than 40 languages and in 2014 was adapted into a major motion picture. Gayle's essays and nonfiction work has appeared in publications like The New York Times, Elle, The Nation and Time. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughters.