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The Sky is Everywhere | June 11, 2014

by Jandy Nelson (Penguin Young Readers Group, March 2011)

Sixteen years ago, Lennie Walker’s mother dropped her and her older sister, Bailey, at their grandmother’s house and never came back. Four weeks ago, Bailey collapsed from an arrhythmia and never got up.  Today, Lennie is back at school, surrounded by classmates but alone in her grief. The only person with whom she can connect is Bailey’s boyfriend, Toby. And the only person who can see past her sadness (and lift her out of it) is the sublimely sunny new boy in town, Joe.

The Sky Is Everywhere is a heart-wrenching novel that explores the myriad feelings that come with first love and first loss. Jandy Nelson’s lyrical writing is reminiscent of Laurie Halse Anderson and Ava Dellaira, with a dash of Rainbow Rowell.