LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
April 2015 Book of the Month A rollercoaster story that will pick all readers up and sweep them along in a story that is romantic, tragic, funny and profound. Twins Noah and Jude live their lives in the shadow of each other. They are very different and yet the details of their lives are so very close. But then suddenly they are not close at all. Noah and Jude are swept apart by love and by a tragedy that changes both of them. Jandy Nelson captures the confusion of adolescence, the power of love and the force of art in a refreshingly original and exciting way.
A message from the author...
Dear Reader,
I’m so excited for you to meet twins Noah and Jude. Noah is this flood in a paper cup. He has a mad desire to draw, to kiss the boy next door, to peel the blue off the sky, to be the blue in the sky. And Jude. She used to surf and cliff-dive and do the talking for
both twins, but something’s happened, and now she’s gone quiet and is living with ghosts and following her grandmother’s “bible" of superstitions. These twins became so real to me that one time while in the middle of writing the novel, I went to an art exhibit and my first thought was, “It’s such a shame Noah and Jude couldn’t come with me today.”
This is a story about love, crazy complicated love of all kinds: between guys and girls, guys and guys, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, artists and their art, the living and the dead, but mostly it’s about the fierce, roller-coaster love between the twins themselves. Writing Noah and Jude’s story took three and a half years. It was the most exciting, exuberant and challenging creative experience of my life. These characters shook the ground beneath my feet. There’s a moment in the novel when Jude’s watching her stone-carving mentor Guillermo sculpt and she wonders if he’s
making the sculpture or if the sculpture is making him. That’s what writing this novel felt like.
I so hope you enjoy!
Jandy
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I'll Give You the Sun Synopsis
A New York Times bestseller One of Time Magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award A Stonewall Honor Book
The radiant, award-winning story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, Becky Albertalli, and Adam Silvera
"Dazzling." -The New York Times Book Review
"A blazing prismatic explosion of color." -Entertainment Weekly
"Powerful and well-crafted . . . Stunning." -Time Magazine
"We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story."
At first, Jude and her twin brother are NoahandJude; inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them.
Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways . . . but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor.
The early years are Noah's to tell; the later years are Jude's. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they'll have a chance to remake their world.
This radiant, award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing-often all at once.
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9780803734968 |
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16th September 2014 |
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Jandy Nelson |
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The Dial Press an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
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Hardback |
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371 pages |
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Press Reviews
Jandy Nelson Press Reviews
“Breathtaking. . . The book celebrates art’s capacity to heal, but it also shows us how we excavate meaning from the art we cherish, and how we find reflections of ourselves within it.” The New York Times
“A blazing, prismatic explosion of color… Nelson’s gifts in tackling huge subjects – death, grief, all-consuming love – with humor and gravitas will draw comparisons to the two reigning superstars of non-apocalyptic YA, John Green and Rainbow Rowell. But the intensity of her writing stands alone.” Entertainment Weekly
“You’d think that we were plugging The Fault in Our Stars, but even that comparison might sell short I’ll Give You the Sun…A gravity-defying, life-affirming experience.” San Francisco Magazine
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About Jandy Nelson
Jandy Nelson received a BA from Cornell University, an MFA from Brown University in poetry and another MFA from Vermont College in writing for children and young adults. A literary agent for many years, she is also a published poet. I'll give you the Sun is her second novel, following the award winning The Sky is Everywhere, her first novel.
Jandy lives in San Francisco.
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