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    Audiobook4 hours

    After Eli

    Written by Rebecca Rupp

    Narrated by Todd Haberkorn

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    When Daniel's brother Eli is killed at war, Daniel considers the history of unusual fatalities to determine what makes a death-or a life-matter.

    Some people die heroically, others accidentally. When Daniel Anderson's older brother dies, he wonders which category Eli's death falls into. In an attempt to understand, Danny creates a Book of the Dead-an old binder that he fills with details about dead people, how they died, and, most important, for what purpose. Time passes, and eventually Daniel is prompted to look up from his notebook of death and questions to make new friends and be swept into their imaginings. With gentle humor and genuine emotion, Rebecca Rupp examines the questions that arise following a profound loss and the moments that start life rolling again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateAug 14, 2012
    ISBN9781469206691
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    After Eli
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    Rebecca Rupp

    Rebecca Rupp has written more than a dozen books for children and adults, including Weather! and How Carrots Won the Trojan War. She holds a PhD in cell biology and biochemistry and has written hundreds of articles for magazines, including Country Journal, Early American Life, Mother Earth News, Natural History, and Utne Reader. She lives in Vermont.

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    • 5/5
      Daniel Anderson's older brother Eli was killed in Iraq. Daniel, (and even more so, his mother), are having a hard time coming to terms with the loss. Daniel keeps a "Book of the Dead" in which he records famous people and how they died. But meanwhile, Daniel makes new friends during the summer. One is the brilliant, but terminally weird schoolmate, Walter, who in the past Daniel has joined other boys in ridiculing. The other is the beautiful, charming, outgoing, and uninhibited Isabel.Rupp does a beautiful job of seamlessly blending the tragic story of coping with a dead brother, the wise story of leaning what real friendship is, and the sweet, but sad tale of first love.Simply wonderful.
    • 4/5
      After Eli is written as a book for teens. The book mainly deals with a family's loss of their oldest son. The family's grief process overlaid with the main character's experiences over a summer offer tremendous insights into friendship, loyalty, loss and self-determination. I read After Eli first, but will be encouraging my 13 year old son to read it too.
    • 4/5
      When Danny's brother, Eli, is killed in Afghanistan, his world begins to crumble. Losing someone you love, especially when it's unexpected, is never easy. Imagine having to process this grief when you are a middle-schooler, dealing with hormones, social status and just trying to make sense of life in general. As a coping mechanism, Danny puts together a "book of the dead", filling the pages with pictures of stories of people who died and what their life purpose was.Told over the course of a single summer, After Eli is a deeply moving, insightful look at how a young boy deals with his grief. When I picked up the book, I was aware of the subject matter, but I think I expected it to be somewhat lighter in tone. I was surprised at the emotional depth of both the voice and the writing. It's not too heavy, or dark, it's just...real.The plot isn't overly complex. In fact, it's fairly basic, but the complexity of the characters, the compelling voice of Danny and the need to understand the loss of his brother are enough to drive the story forward at a descent pace. I was surprised at how much this book affected me. It completely sucked me in from the first page and I didn't put the book down until I finished it a few hours later.Emotional, complex, and endearing, After Eli is a well-crafted story and one I highly recommend to fans of contemporary YA.
    • 3/5
      "After Eli" was a light-hearted, coming-of-age book about friendship, grief, first love and finding closure. I enjoyed following Danny's journey as he struggled with the death of his older brother, Eli. He had an authentic, witty voice and I often found myself smiling at the things he said and did. This book came with some wonderful supporting characters, especially the twins who were a real hoot. A sweet story.
    • 4/5
      Story of loss and recovery from the viewpoint of a young teen who lost his brother in Iraq. Mother has totally fallen apart and he is trying to find a way to move on with his life and forgive his brother.
    • 3/5
      A coming of age story, framed by the loss of an older brother in the military. I'm a little worried because the tone rings older than the 9-12 age range listed on the back cover, but, if you have a mature 10 year old or an older reader interested in loss issues, it's a good read.
    • 3/5
      I think I had some disconnect with this book because I never really connected with the audiobook narrator. It wasn't that it was badly narrated, but just that I didn't think the voice fit the character as well as I would have liked.