Seventeen-year-old RJ always gets what she wants. So when her soul is
accidentally collected by a distracted Grim Reaper, somebody in the
afterlife better figure out a way to send her back from the dead or
heads will roll. But in her quest for mortality, she becomes a pawn in a
power struggle between an overzealous archangel and Death Himself. The
tribunal presents her with two options: she can remain in the lobby,
where souls wait to be processed, until her original lifeline expires,
or she can replay three moments in her life in an effort to make choices
that will result in a future deemed worthy of being saved. It sounds
like a no-brainer. She’ll take a walk down memory lane. How hard can
changing her future be?
But with each changing moment, RJ’s life
begins to unravel, until this self-proclaimed queen bee is a social
pariah. She begins to wonder if walking among the living is worth it if
she has to spend the next sixty years as an outcast. Too quickly, RJ
finds herself back in limbo, her time on Earth once again up for debate.
RJ
is a snarky, unapologetic, almost unredeemable, very real girl. Her
story is funny and moving, and teens will easily connect with her
plight. Prepare to meet the Grim Reaper, who’s cuter than you’d expect;
Hawaiian shirt–wearing Death Himself; Saint Peter (who likes to play
Cornhole); and Al, the handler for the three-headed hound that guards
the gates of Hell. This cast of characters accompanies RJ through her
time in the afterlife and will do their best to gently shove her in the
right direction.
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