{"product_id":"ascenders-high-school-of-the-recently-departed-book-one-9780996242028","title":"Ascenders: High School of the Recently Departed (Book One)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Teenage angst like you've never seen it before.\" -- MTV.com\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalker Callaghan doesn't know what happened to her. One minute she was living her teenage life in suburban Chicago...and the next minute, she was in a strange place and in a brand new school with absolutely no homework, no rules, and no consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalker Callaghan, 17, is dead. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe doesn't go to heaven or hell. She lands at The Academy, a middle realm where teenagers have one thing in common: They were the morning announcement at their high schools because they died young. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese high school kids are now caught in a strange \"in-between\" zone where life hasn't changed very much. In fact, this special teen limbo looks a lot like life in a quaint Michigan town complete with jocks, popular girls and cliques. \"There are even cheerleaders in death,\" Walker observes. It's not a coincidence that the music teacher is a guy named Kurt who \"used to have this band.\" The drama teacher, Heath, is crush worthy because back in his life, he starred in some superhero movie.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrincipal King explains the rules -- there are none. Why? You can't die twice. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere is no homework.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo tests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo SATS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYou're just there to learn because the human brain isn't fully formed until you're 24. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy the way, you can't get hurt physically, so race your Harley off that hillside. But falling in love is the most dangerous thing you can do ...because no one knows how long you'll stay in this realm or what's next.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Losing someone you love would be like dying twice,\" Walker says. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e * * * * * *\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalker Callaghan has just arrived at the Academy after a tragic car accident. \"Is this hell or is this high school?\" she asks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe finds out her new life is a bit of both as she falls in love with tat-covered, bad boy Daniel Reid who is about to break \u003cem\u003ethe only \u003c\/em\u003esacred rule of this place. He's looking for a portal to return back to the living realm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe needs just one hour to retrieve his younger brother who strangely never arrived at The Academy. Bobby is an Earth Bound Spirit, stuck at a plane crash site that took both of their lives as their rich father piloted his private jet nose-first into a cornfield on Christmas Eve. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalker loves Daniel and risks it all to go with him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHave they learned enough to outsmart dangerous forces while transporting a young child with them? Can their love survive the fragmented evil parts of themselves that are now hunting them down as they try to find a way back to the middle?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the Academy, you learn the lessons of an after-lifetime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CL Gaber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780996242028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.08d","brand":"C. L. Gaber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36646924026012,"sku":"9780996242028","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_66b2abd7-9f8a-4aa8-841c-6306401833cf.jpg?v=1603865553","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ascenders-high-school-of-the-recently-departed-book-one-9780996242028","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}