He lives with his wife and six children in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Shawn Smucker is the author of the award-winning young adult novels The Day the Angels Fell and The Edge of Over There, as well as the memoir Once We Were Strangers. As the lines blur between what was real and what was imaginary, Cohen is faced with the question he's been avoiding: Is he responsible for his father's death? Master story weaver Shawn Smucker relays a tale both eerie and enchanting, one that will have you questioning reality and reaching out for what is true, good, and genuine.

And the two children in the forest who became his friends-and enlisted him in a dark and dangerous undertaking. The accident Cohen witnessed and the traumatic images he couldn't unsee. The dramatic events that led to his parents' separation. Over the next week, Cohen's childhood comes back in living color. But she's starting to think that some doorways should never be opened.Praise for the novels of Shawn Smucker 'Mesmerizing.'- Foreword Reviews on The Edge of Over There 'Enthralling.'- Publishers Weekly on The Edge of Over There 'Visionary.'- Family Fiction on The Day the Angels Fell When Cohen Marah steps over his father's body in the basement embalming room of the family's funeral home, he has no idea that he is stepping into a labyrinth of memory. 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.Four 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 Fell Before the Tree of Life, everything in Abra Miller's life had been predictable.

The Edge of Over There by Shawn Smucker