Six Feet Over It
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
A darkly humorous and heart-wrenchingly beautiful young adult novel about a girl surrounded by death that will change the way you look at friendship, love, and life.
“Like nothing you’ve read before.” —Bustle Online
No one is more surprised than Leigh when her father buys a graveyard. Less shocking is the fact that he’s too lazy to look farther than the dinner table for employees. Working the literal graveyard shift, she becomes great at predicting headstone choice (mostly granite) and taking notes with one hand while offering Kleenex with the other.
Sarcastic and smart, Leigh should be able to quit this stupid after-school job. But her world’s been turned upside down by the sudden loss of her best friend and the appearance of Dario, the slightly-too-old-for-her gravedigger. Can Leigh move on, if moving on means it’s time to get a life?
“Darkly funny and deeply moving. An original, memorable voice.” —Jennifer L. Holm, New York Times bestselling author
“A wildly funny coming-of-age story about life, love, death, and everything in between.” —Sarah McCarry, author of All Our Pretty Songs
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a mordantly comedic coming-of-age story, 15-year-old Leigh believes she's the "patron saint of death." Not only did Leigh's parents move the family away from the California coast to operate a graveyard, but her sister has leukemia, her best friend Emily was killed by a falling tree, and death seems to be everywhere Leigh turns (she works selling gravesites to mourners). Yet after meeting a young Mexican gravedigger named Dario, Leigh's life at the cemetery starts looking up; the quirky graveyard regulars begin to grow on her, and she makes a new friend who reminds her of Emily. Debut author Longo provides Leigh with an offbeat, sarcastic worldview, revealed through Leigh's chatty running commentary about the people and events around her. Leigh's expressive inner monologues and witty observations about life and death vacillate from cynical and disassociated to deeply emotional: "I am the last person to hold her," Leigh muses as she buries a newborn baby. A strong heroine, multicultural cast, and eclectic contemporary setting make Longo's story stand out. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Omg
Jennifer is a god. This book sings for the heart, and laughs for the mind. The melody is rich with the desire to follow Leigh's story, and is dangerously close to an all night read, not to mention the compassion, love and the ugly truth revealed in this novel. This book had my full attention to the very end, and I fell in love with the ideas that Jennifer places on the table. Great contemporary book for YA readers, that teach a lesson about death, and to hold on to what's close to you in this heart wrenchingly beautiful tale.