- Reading level: Young Adult
- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Dial; 1 edition (March 9, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0803734956
- ISBN-13: 978-0803734951
Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and 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 center stage of her own life—and, despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two. Toby was Bailey's boyfriend; his grief mirrors Lennie's own. Joe is the new boy in town, a transplant from Paris whose nearly magical grin is matched only by his musical talent. For Lennie, they're the sun and the moon; one boy takes her out of her sorrow, the other comforts her in it. But just like their celestial counterparts, they can't collide without the whole wide world exploding.
I LOVED this book! It easily ranks on my top 5 list of 2010. The characters in this book are so vivid and unique, and the prose is beautiful. Like Heidi R Kling said to me on twitter, "It's like diving into a poem."
The Sky is Everywhere is like diving into a painful, beautiful, epic poem.
Oooo this sounds fantastic and I'm loving that you loved it! I'll have to put it on my list for sure!
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I have had this book on my TBR list for a while, and I think you just pushed it to the top! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOfficially added. How could I not after that review? I love poetry.
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