Abra must enter a secret passageway within a tomb in a New Orleans cemetery, find the Tree, kill it, and return to seal the Tomb. Abra's atlas, given to her in the previous book, shows that the latest Tree has appeared at the Edge of Over There, an otherworldly place between Earth and Heaven. Abra holds the sword that can kill the Tree and keep humans from becoming immortal by eating the Tree's fruit. Set in a contemporary world with fantastical flourishes, the novel begins with the Biblical Tree of Life regenerating itself, an occurrence that happens sporadically. In this thought-provoking sequel to The Day the Angels Fell, Smucker follows Abra Miller, a 16-year-old who has taken on a great responsibility. But she's starting to think that some doorways should never be opened. As Abra enters The Edge of Over There and begins her pursuit of the Tree once more, she doesn't know whom to fear or whom to trust. The woman directs her to New Orleans where she will find the grave of Marie Laveau, one of seven gateways between this world and Over There. When it didn't, her friendship with Sam Chambers grew cold and distant, and they both wondered how any of it could actually have happened.įour years later, 16-year-old Abra's long-delayed quest to find the next manifestation of the Tree of Life is renewed when she sees a woman walking up the road-a woman who looks exactly like Sam's dead mother. She spent years looking for signs of that other world, waiting for it to break through. But after the Tree and the lightning and the angels, everything felt tenuous, like holding a soap bubble in the palm of her hand.

The captivating sequel to the award-winning The Day the Angels Fellīefore the Tree of Life, everything in Abra Miller's life had been predictable.

The edge of over there by shawn smucker