Denis Ever After

Name: Denis Ever After
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Tony Abbott
ISBN: 9780062841872

Author: Tony Abbott

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 07/24/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Mystery & Detective, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Written by award-winning author Tony Abbott and perfect for fans of The Ethan I Was Before and The Thing About Jellyfish, this bittersweet middle grade novel follows the ghost of Denis Egan as he teams up with his living twin brother to solve the mystery of his death. Denis Egan is dead. He’s okay with that. It’s been five years since he died, and the place where souls go is actually pretty nice. Sure, there are some things about his life and how it ended he can’t quite recall, but that’s how it’s supposed to be. Remembering could prevent Denis from moving on to whatever’s next. However, something is standing in his way. His twin brother Matt can’t let go of him, and as long as the living are holding on to his memory, Denis can’t rest in peace.To uncover the truth about what happened that day five years before, Denis returns to his hometown and teams up with Matt. But visiting for too long has painful consequences for Denis, and Matt’s renewed interest in his brother’s passing is driving a wedge between his still-grieving parents.Can the two boys solve the mystery of Denis’s death without breaking apart the family he’s left behind?

About Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott is the author of over a hundred books for young readers, including the bestseling series the Secrets of Droon and the Copernicus Legacy and the novels Firegirl and The Summer of Owen Todd. Tony has worked in libraries, in bookstores, and in a publishing company and has taught creative writing. He has two grown daughters and lives in Connecticut with his wife and two dogs. You can visit him online at www.tonyabottbooks.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerie on October 12, 2018

Stunned. No string of words I could put together would do this book justice. Denis died when he was 7-years-old under mysterious circumstances. For the last 5 years, he has been in an after-life limbo place called Port Haven. Dead people arrive on boats and stay until they are forgotten. Then they m......more

Goodreads review by Nora on September 03, 2018

I have so much to say about this book, about its humanity, about its humor, about the magical realism, about the way it transcended the very tragedy and sadness of its plot, and brings the reader to a place of hope and love and joy. There, I said it. I read the first line in the morning and sat on m......more

Goodreads review by Jenna on July 13, 2018

What an unusual read that I fear will not be a hit with its intended audience, but rather a hit with a somewhat older crowd. There are so many themes going on in this book, with a plot that swirls around dealing with loss and the fragility of memory and the effects of violence and familial misunderst......more

Goodreads review by Alice on October 13, 2017

Matt's twin Denis is driven to help find the cause of his death from the grave. Not just a mystery well written for middle grades, but a tale of a family overcoming the loss of a son/brother and what it can do from the persecutive of a young survivor. Matt has not only lost his twin, but his parents......more

Goodreads review by Lorie on July 05, 2018

Full disclosure: I’m an identical twin, so I have more background knowledge on the twin thing than most. In this MG mystery, Denis, returns to Earth to help his twin brother, Matt, figure out what happened when Denis died five years ago. That’s all I chose to put in the summary because anything else......more