A half-Japanese boy who is more of a follower, not a leader. However, on the way, she and Nick encounter many adventures. She tries to return home to meet her parents to put her troubled mind at ease. Allie discovers that she has the gifted ability to " possess" (or "skinjack" as it is called in the book) people. She was reborn nine months later in "Everlost" as an Afterlight. Allie is brave and "goal" orientated though not a planner. Allie Johnson "Allie the Outcast": Allie is a 14-year-old girl who ends up in Everlost after the car she is riding in, crashes head-on on a highway with the packed black Mercedes that Nick was in.There are no adults in Everlost presumably because they know where they are going In Everlost all fortunes are supposedly true, thus fortune cookies are extremely valuable. The same is for certain places that were destroyed (the twin towers are used as an example) that were loved and cherished by many people and will never be forgotten. They can interact with certain objects that are loved so much by their owners that, when the object breaks, it crosses over to Everlost, unbroken, and is given a place there for eternity. It is implied that this fate has befallen to a great many afterlights. The afterlights for the most part cannot interact with the real world and will sink to the Earth's core if they stay still. These lost children, or Afterlights as they are called, are unseen by the real "living" world. Everlost is the place between life and death that all lost end up after getting lost in their journey to the afterlife. The stories in the Everlost takes place in Everlost. Allie, traveling home sinks through a bridge but is later saved by Mikey, who agrees to accompany her the rest of the way to her home. Nick receives the nickname "Chocolate Ogre" because of the chocolate stain on his face, and Mary spreads rumors about how he sends Afterlights away by luring them in with the smell of chocolate.Īllie outsmarts the McGill, who is unmasked by Mary and returned to the form of a human boy when Mary shows a picture of him. The coins allow them to leave Everlost when they are ready, but Mary misguidedly believes that the light at the end of the tunnel is malicious and that children should stay in Everlost forever. She stole the coins that all Afterlights invariably have when they wake up. ![]() Mary, also known by others as the Sky Witch, had been lying to the children. However, unbeknownst to her Mikey was able to claw his way out of the center of the Earth through pure force of will, but over time evolved into a hideous monster, reflective of his anger. There, Megan watched as Mikey sank into the earth. Mikey and Megan died at the same time and after they awoke as Afterlights they went to their home. The real identity of the McGill is revealed - he is a boy named Mikey McGill, the younger brother of Mary Hightower (really Megan McGill). She makes him think that she can teach him to skinjack, even though only those who come to Everlost with the ability can. Allie can manipulate the McGill and grow close to him as she attempts to save Nick and Lief. Since fortune cookies in Everlost always tell the truth, McGill believes he can come back to life if he collects a thousand souls. They are all hung by their ankles like pieces of meat. The McGill has taken hundreds of Afterlights, including Nick and Lief/Troy prisoner. Allie explores her power while Nick begins to discover his own purpose.Īllie is captured by the McGill, a grotesque monster who controls a ship full of Afterlights who fear him. Allie gets Lief and Nick captured by The Haunter and learns that she can pick up living things and also possess living people, or "Skinjack". Allie sets out with Nick and Lief to see whether he has special powers and they meet The Haunter. ![]() Allie notices other Afterlights at the Twin Towers keep repeating and doing the same thing every day, becoming stuck in ruts. They settle down, but Allie is not content. ![]() She lives with the children under her care in the destroyed World Trade Center, which exists because things that are much beloved in the world can cross into Everlost when they are destroyed. There, they meet Mary Hightower, the "mother" of Afterlights who keeps many Afterlights safe and is the author of hundreds of books about living in Everlost. He warns them of a dreaded and evil monster, the McGill, and Johnnie-O, and the altar boys before they make their way to New York City. They are somewhat like ghosts and retain the exact appearance they had when they died. ![]() Nick and Allie, who have just awoken in a ghostly parallel to the real world, are saved by a boy named Lief, who tells them that they are called "Afterlights" who cannot be seen by the living.
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