Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Harcourt, Inc.
Pages
161
Description
A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.
Description
You'd think a knife in the ribs would be the end of things, but for Chuy, that's when his life at last gets interesting. He finally sees that people love him, faces the consequences of his actions, finds in himself compassion and bravery . . . and even stumbles on what may be true love.
A funny, touching, and wholly original story by one of the finest authors writing for young readers today.
A funny, touching, and wholly original story by one of the finest authors writing for young readers today.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
161 p.; 7 inches
ISBN
0152052208 / 9780152052201
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Lexile
810L
User reviews
LibraryThing member yalibcat
Soto plucks Eddie’s murdered cousin, Jesus, out of Buried Onions to tell this story. In The Afterlife we learn that Jesus is in the bathroom of a local dance club when he casually mentions to another guy that he likes his yellow shoes. The guy takes the comment the wrong way and stabs Jesus to
Readers who like Buried Onions will like the familiar subplot of Eddie’s cousin who was killed by the man in Yellow Shoes. We learn, though, that the murderer is not who Eddie suspected in Buried Onions. The idea of seeing death from the perspective of a teenage ghost is fresh and one teens will enjoy. However, the relationship with Crystal seems quick and contrived; the ending disappoints.
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death. As he’s dying, Jesus’ ghost rises from his body so that he is looking down on himself, watching his own murder. In the next few days, Jesus follows Yellow Shoes around town, watches his family, and even knows that his mom has given his cousin Eddie a gun to find and shoot his murderer. Eventually, Jesus meets up with another ghost, Crystal, who died from suicide. The two fall in love and finally fade away into eternity.Readers who like Buried Onions will like the familiar subplot of Eddie’s cousin who was killed by the man in Yellow Shoes. We learn, though, that the murderer is not who Eddie suspected in Buried Onions. The idea of seeing death from the perspective of a teenage ghost is fresh and one teens will enjoy. However, the relationship with Crystal seems quick and contrived; the ending disappoints.
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LibraryThing member Catnelson
A senior at East Fresno High School, Chuy, lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a dance club. Chuy watches as his family and friends cope with his untimely and unprovoked death. Especially shocking to Chuy, is his mother's reaction; she asks Chuy's cousin to kill her son's
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assailant. Booklist says, "In many ways, this is as much a story about a hardscrabble place as it is about a boy who is murdered. Both pulse with life and will stay in memory." Show Less
LibraryThing member syedbukhari
this book was about a boy who tell that what happen to him at school and with is friend, he lived happy. he hang around with them. he say when your an ordinary boy you need to take shower, smell clean and dress nice. but if you can't do that then you need to suck it up what ever people say.
well he
he did all those stuff that other people. once he saw a girl he started liking. she was in the school. he try to talk to her but he couldn't. he was to scared. finally he talk to that girl.
they both met talk to each other and be came friends. then they be came boy friend and girl friend. until in the book i red that they were dead some body killed that boy ind the end and he was telling the story.
well he
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was that kind of boy. but he was not that bat he always try to be clean. he was living his normal life at school and at home. he did all those stuff that other people. once he saw a girl he started liking. she was in the school. he try to talk to her but he couldn't. he was to scared. finally he talk to that girl.
they both met talk to each other and be came friends. then they be came boy friend and girl friend. until in the book i red that they were dead some body killed that boy ind the end and he was telling the story.
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LibraryThing member bettyjo
teenage boy dies and sees his life from above.
LibraryThing member dgrandits
Reminded me of The Graveyard Book. Story of the narrator who makes a comment in the bathroom at a dance that he likes the guy's next to him shoes. The boy with the yellow shoes kills him. The book goes through his experience as a newly dead person and how parts of him start to fade when he is
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really going over to the other side. He meets Crystal, a girl who kills herself in a park even though it seems she has everything anyone could want. Show Less
LibraryThing member LAGUERA01
This book afterlife is a fiction and its by Gary Soto.
This book is about a teen named chuy that he was in a dance club. He needed to go to the bathroom, so he went and he makes a comment to a person that was next to him. The guy that was next to him took the comment wrong. The guy took out a knife
This book is about a teen named chuy that he was in a dance club. He needed to go to the bathroom, so he went and he makes a comment to a person that was next to him. The guy that was next to him took the comment wrong. The guy took out a knife
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and stabs him in the back. When he was dead he was a and spirit he only remembers the yellow shoes that the guy was using that day. He is walking around trying to find the guy he stab him and that toke his life for no reason. One day he does find the guy and fallows him until he gets to his home.Chuy help many poeple while ha was a spirit and he falls in love with a girl named Crystal. And both of them flew off together disappearing. Show Less
LibraryThing member DBPeeples
This book was little different for me. I guess from the title I could have expected what the book was going to be about. Chuy gets killed for a comment he made to someone as he is waiting to use the restroom. As he dies, he comes back as a ghost and finds the guyu with the yellow shoes. After
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finding the guy he follows him home and Chuy disappears. Show Less
LibraryThing member lilibrarian
Jesus, called Chewy by his friends, decides to go out to a club one night. In the men's room, he comments on a man's shoes, and is knifed. Dead, he travels around Fresno meeting other dead people and visiting with his family, as he slowly slips away entirely.
LibraryThing member Astallaslyons
I couldn't wait for this book to end!! I was so bored from the beginning. I admit it has an interesting plot and story line, but i just couldn't stand it. Soto over described everything, this book was about 100 pages to long. I was glad when i finally finished this book. I dont reccomened this to
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LibraryThing member ReplayGuy
A stabbing results in the main character, Chuy, becoming a ghost. He learns about life in his town as he "haunts" and "jaunts" his way around. I wish I had noticed the glossary of Spanish terms used throughout the book, it's in the back. This may help you enjoy the book more.
LibraryThing member Whisper1
Seventeen and life is good for Chuy, until he attends a dance at a local nightclub and without a warning is brutally stabbed and murdered.
Chuy's spirit is now free to observe the love and grief of his parents and friends. Chuy's spirit is able to watch as the man with the yellow shoes who stabbed
This is a well written book that is touching and thought provoking. Never grasping at sentimentality, rather it is a soft ball flying in the sky.
Recommended.
Chuy's spirit is now free to observe the love and grief of his parents and friends. Chuy's spirit is able to watch as the man with the yellow shoes who stabbed
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him continues a journey down the wrong paths.This is a well written book that is touching and thought provoking. Never grasping at sentimentality, rather it is a soft ball flying in the sky.
Recommended.
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LibraryThing member smilesalltheway
I thought this book was filled with lots of creativity. I loved the true love story in the book and I loved how the writter wrote it. If you're into true love, you schould read this book! I read this book when I was in grade 6 but I recommend it for grade 7 and up.
LibraryThing member rgruberexcel
RGG: The opening scene may be horrific--a teenage boy from the LA Barrio is knifed to death; the remainder of the story we see the world through forty-eight hours or so of the boy being a ghost, including his falling in love with a girl ghost. Somber and realistic this is not light-hearted,
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entertaing magical realism. And the boy's acceptance of his death is worrisome. Reading Level: 14-YA. Show Less
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
Chuy is stabbed in a nightclub restroom and left to die at age 17. His ghost floats around town as he visits his family and girlfriend, attends his funeral, spooks his murderer, and meets other ghosts. He ponders the life he no longer will live. He falls in love with the ghost of a girl who
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committed suicide and he helps her deal with the transition to the afterlife. Show Less
LibraryThing member mamzel
I realized I had not read any books by Soto and chose this one to rectify that situation.
Chuy is a young man, full of himself, rather average but enjoying life. In a club men's room he makes a fatal error and admires another man's yellow shoes. The response was three knife wounds and Chuy died on
This story was in the same vein as Lovely Bones but not nearly as impactful.
Chuy is a young man, full of himself, rather average but enjoying life. In a club men's room he makes a fatal error and admires another man's yellow shoes. The response was three knife wounds and Chuy died on
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the floor there. His spirit (ghost, whatever) rises up and sees his body on the floor and quickly figures out what is going on. He uses his new situation to float around visiting his parents and friends and even runs into the man who knifed him. He also meets folks in the same situation, one a very pretty girl.This story was in the same vein as Lovely Bones but not nearly as impactful.
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LibraryThing member RobertaLea
I think YA books are so incredibly interesting. I love spending time in the mind of a young person...even if they are dead.
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Awards
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2007)
Skipping Stones Honor Award (2004)
Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature (Commended Title — 2003)
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Selection — 2004)
Call number
YA A Sot