The Boy Who Couldn't Die by William Sleator, is about a teenage boy, name Ken,who loses his best friend in a plane crash. This event makes him wish to never die or feel pain. He then finds a women who claims she can make that happen by taking his soul for just 50 dollars.
After he pays the women and finishes with the ritual he does small experiments to check if he is invulnerable to pain and death. He is then surprised and excited for his new abilities. One of the first things he wants to do with his new abilities is to go to the Caribbean to swim with the sharks. So he convinces his family to make a trip to the Caribbean. While they are in the Caribbean, Ken meets a girl name Sabine and falls for her. He later realizes that she knows the
After he pays the women and finishes with the ritual he does small experiments to check if he is invulnerable to pain and death. He is then surprised and excited for his new abilities. One of the first things he wants to do with his new abilities is to go to the Caribbean to swim with the sharks. So he convinces his family to make a trip to the Caribbean. While they are in the Caribbean, Ken meets a girl name Sabine and falls for her. He later realizes that she knows the