The Sky Is Everywhere
 |
|
| Author | Jandy Nelson |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Jennifer Kelly |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Contemporary |
| Published | 9 March 2010 Penguin Group |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 275 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | |
| LC Class | PZ7.N433835Sk 2010 |
The Sky Is Everywhere is a young adult fiction novel by author Jandy Nelson. Published in March 2010, it was Nelson's debut novel and helped to launch her career as an author. It tells the story of an American high school girl, Lennie Walker, struggling to cope with the sudden death of her older sister. Lennie becomes romantically involved with both her sister's former fiancé, who shares Lennie's grief and loss, and also with a new boy in town who shares Lennie's love of music. Ultimately, Lennie must choose between the two relationships.
In August 2015, it was announced that Warner Bros. had optioned the movie rights for The Sky Is Everywhere, after previously optioning Nelson's 2014 young-adult fiction bestseller, I'll Give You the Sun.
Lennon Walker, called Lennie or Len, is a high school student whose love for nature and band comforts her throughout the day. Lennie's mother left when she and her older sister Bailey were young, but Lennie never minded because she had Bailey, her grandmother Gram, and her Uncle Big. Bailey's sudden death from arrhythmia while she is rehearsing the lead in the play Romeo and Juliet throws Lennie, Gram and Uncle Big into a depression that takes some time to overcome.
Lennie attempts to cope with her loss by leaving notes and poems throughout the town, which often contain conversations the sisters had before Bailey's death. Lennie then begins an unplanned relationship with Toby, Bailey's boyfriend and fiancé, that stems from their shared grief over losing Bailey. In the early stages of Lennie and Toby's relationship, Lennie meets a new boy in town: Joe Fontaine, a handsome and positive friend who shares her love for music and helps her almost forget about her sister's death. Joe visits Lennie daily, befriends Gram and Uncle Big as well, and Lennie and Joe start to fall in love. Lennie maintains her lustful and secretive relationship with Toby, creating an awkward situation as Lennie resents him but at the same time welcomes his lust for her. As Lennie falls in love with Joe, she hates herself even more for continuing to see Toby as she believes her relationship with Toby is unhealthy and wrong. Lennie also discovers more about her mother and how Bailey was desperate to find her, leaving Lennie confused because she and Bailey never discussed this.
One day, Toby visits Lennie because he is feeling bad and wants to someone to talk to. Lennie kisses Toby on the lips to comfort him, then discovers Joe was watching. Heartbroken, Joe leaves, ending his relationship with Lennie as she discovers that Bailey was pregnant with Toby's baby.
...
Wikipedia