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Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to centre stage of her own life - and suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two boys.
One boy takes Lennie out of her sorrow; the other comforts her in it. But the two can't collide without Lennie's world exploding...
New York Times bestseller Shortlisted for the Waterstones
Children's Book Prize Winner of the 2015 Michael L. Printz Award
Winner of a 2015 Stonewall Honor "This is the big one - the BLAZING
story of once inseparable twins whose lives are torn apart by
tragedy." Entertainment Weekly From the critically acclaimed author
of The Sky Is Every where, a radiant novel that will leave you
laughing and crying - all at once. For fans of John Green, Gayle
Forman and Lauren Oliver. Jude and her twin Noah were incredibly
close - until a tragedy drove them apart, and now they are barely
speaking. Then Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy as well as
a captivating new mentor, both of whom may just need her as much as
she needs them. What the twins don't realize is that each of them
has only half the story and if they can just find their way back to
one another, they have a chance to remake their world.
10th anniversary edition of a beloved classic. For fans of Jojo Moyes, David Levithan and Rainbow Rowell. Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to centre stage of her own life – and suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two boys. One boy takes Lennie out of her sorrow; the other comforts her in it. But the two can't collide without Lennie's world exploding...
"A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and
betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow
Rowell"
Jude and her brother, Noah, are incredibly close twins. At
thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love
with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude surfs and
cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for
both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely
speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different
and divisive ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful
boy, as well as an unpredictable new mentor. The early years are
Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins
don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if
they could just find their way back to one another, they'd have a
chance to remake their world.
This radiant, fully alive novel from the critically acclaimed
author of "The Sky Is Everywhere" will leave you breathless and
teary and laughing--often all at once.
"A wild, beautiful, and profoundly moving novel. Jandy Nelson's
writing is so electric, so alive, her pages practically glow in the
dark." --Ransom Riggs, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Miss
Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" and "Hollow City"
"Jandy Nelson is a rare, explosive talent, and one of the best
writers working today. Her prose is vivid, breathtaking, and
drenched in passion, and her stories remind me why words can change
the world." --Tahereh Mafi, "New York Times" bestselling author of
the "Shatter Me" series.
"I love this book. Jandy Nelson is my new writing hero. Read this
book. She'll be your favorite author as well." --Holly Goldberg
Sloan, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Counting by 7s"
Jandy Nelson's writing is poetic and mesmerizing. More
importantly, Nelson weaves a novel that seeps into your bones like
fire on a cold day . . . I'll Give You the Sun is a novel that
promises a story like nothing else and then delivers it." --Garret
Freymann-Weyr, author of Printz Honor book, "My Heartbeat"
"An extraordinary book I've never read anything like it.
Lyrical-unique-passionate-magical-tragic-hopeful--Nelson's
characters will fly off the page and into your heart." --Nancy
Garden, author of "Annie on my Mind."
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