When you lose your way in life,the Elsewhere Express just might find you. Step on board the train that may take you to your lifeΓÇÖs purpose in this wistfulGhibli-esque fantasy from the bestselling author of Water Moon. This deluxe first edition hardcover includes: ΓÇó Intricately designed sprayed edges ΓÇó Interactive endpapers with a scene you can color in ΓÇó A full-color illustrated book case beneath the jacket ΓÇ£A delicately layered dream of a book that glimmers with the promise of hope after griefThe Elsewhere Express will carry you to the stars.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöMolly OΓÇÖNeillauthor of Greenteeth You canΓÇÖt buy a ticket for the Elsewhere Express. Appearing only to those whose lives are adriftitΓÇÖs a magical train seeming to carry very rare and special cargo: a sense of purposepeaceand belonging. Raya is one of those lost souls. She had dreamed of being a songwriterbut when her brother diedshe gave up on her dream and started living his instead. One day on the subwayas her thoughts wandersheΓÇÖs swept off to the Elsewhere Express. There she meets Qan intriguing artist wholike herhas lost his place in the world. Together they find a train full of wondersfrom a boarding car thatΓÇÖs also a meadow to a dining car where passengers can picnic on lily pads to a bar where jellyfish and whales swim through pink clouds. Over the course of their longstrange night on the trainthey also discover that it harbors secretsΓÇöand danger: A mysterious stranger has stowed away and brought with him a darkmalignant magic that threatens to destroy the train. But in investigating the stowaway’s identityRaya also finds herself drawing closer to the ultimate question: What is her life’s true purposeΓÇöand is it a destination the Elsewhere Express can take her to? Γÿà ΓÇ£A stunningvisual fever dream of a story akin to both the game Spiritfarer and Erin MorgensternΓÇÖs The Starless SeaΓÇöa character-driven tale wrapped in a sparklingly creative spectacle of a world that inhabits a Studio GhibliΓÇôlike chaos even as it comes with a well-organized passenger rulebook.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöBooklist (starred review)