“The Sky is Everywhere” introduces us to Lennon (Lennie) Walker, a junior in high school who is struggling with the sudden death of her older sister. She also begins her first romance while navigating the waters of grief in her life. In the midst of all of this is her wonderfully zany family. Through…
Casting Call: Dream Casting The Sky Is Everywhere
Welcome to Casting Call! As Tee and Candice each explained last week, six of us at five blogs are going to choose one book a week to “dream cast” with actors we think best embody (at least physically) the characters we’ve grown to love. After hundreds of email exchanges, we settled on “The Sky…
Mother’s Day Special: Five Fabulous YA Moms
It’s Mother’s Day, so I wanted to highlight some of my favorite literary mothers in YA. Happy Mother’s Day to all of you with children, and to those of you who are missing your own mothers this bittersweet holiday, know that you are not alone. Molly Weasley, “Harry Potter”: Allow me to quote my own story…
Books We Adore: “The Sky Is Everywhere”
“The Sky Is Everywhere” by Jandy Nelson This book is just so sweet and heartbreaking and filled with truths about family, sisterhood, and first love. It was one of those impulse purchases courtesy of Amazon’s Kindle recommendations. I read it on a red-eye plane-ride to London and couldn’t stop reading, even after my husband start…