Exit Point

The narrator, 16-year-old Logan Freemont, finds himself an observer at his own funeral after dying in a car crash that occurred while he was driving under the influence of alcohol. His spirit guides include his wise-cracking grandmother and Wade, the Snakeman. Logan is now given a choice. He must appear before a council who will make a judgment of his life or settle some unfinished business first.

Logan discovers that his uncle has been abusing his nine-year old sister. He must use his new-found awareness to intervene on her behalf and “make his life count” before he goes to face the council for an examination of the positive and negative actions of his life. If he can save his sister, perhaps his life will have had a purpose and he show more can redeem himself. As his father would say to him, “failure is not an option” and, although Logan has usually taken the easy way out, he decides to take the responsibility of saving his sister. show less

Logan has died in a car accident but he is stuck between heaven and earth with only one chance to make up for taking the “easy way out”. His little sister Amy is being sexually abused by Logan’s uncle and Logan tries everything that he can to make amends for coping out, and instead help his sister.p.10-16 Logan is at his own funeral (up to “future”)

Schene, C.(2006). Exit Point. School Library Journal, 52(8), 123.