The Afterlife, Gary Soto
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The Afterlife

Author: Gary Soto

Narrator: Robert Ramirez

Unabridged: 4 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/14/2008

Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Social Issues - Death & Dying

Synopsis

Adept at portraying Latino teenage culture, author Gary Soto has won many honors, including an ALA Best Book Award for his young adult novels. After an East Fresno student is murdered, his mind leaves his body. Now he must get used to being an invisible spirit-one who watches his friends and family deal with his death.

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