The Afterwards
By Author / Illustrator
A.F. Harrold, illus Emily Gravett
Genre
Bereavement
Age range(s)
9+
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN
9781408894316
Format
Hardback
Published
01-11-2018
Synopsis
Fact: Ember and Ness are best friends. There's nothing more to say about it. It is what it is. It is what will always be. Ember and Ness.Then Ness dies. It is sudden and unexpected and leaves Ember completely empty. How can this be?When Ember finds a way into the Afterworld, she determines to bring Ness back. Because that's what friends do isn't it? They rescue each other. They help. They never give up. Ember and Ness. That don't change.A powerful, poignant, darkly comic and deeply moving story about friendship at its most extraordinary.