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I picked this novel because my dad said it was a good book and he said he liked it. There wasn’t any background knowledge I needed to know before reading this book. Before the novel began the main character, Eddie, who worked on ruby pier his whole life. When the book starts it’s his eighty-third birthday. As the story begins Eddy is taking his last walk down ruby pier. Too bad he doesn’t know it. He dies in a tragic accident trying to save an eight year old girl. Eddy doesn’t know if he saved her or not. He has many unanswered questions. Eddy is in some type of afterlife, and he meets a blue man. He is just a regular guy but he got turned blue by accident. He reminds Eddy that when eddy was just eight years old he came to the blue man’s funeral. He goes on to say that every life touches so many others. Eddy died as an eighty-three year old, but he feels like a kid again. He can jump way high in the air. He can run like he used to. He hasn’t run for a long time. A narrator is telling the story. The setting of the novel takes place at Ruby’s pier. Eddy grew up there; he practically spent his whole entire life there. Eddy’s first problem in the book is, he doesn’t know if he saved the eight year old girl or not. The blue man won’t answer any of his questions. The author does a great job keeping my interest in this book. I’m really interested in finishing this book. I like this book I can’t wait to read more.