Jandy Nelson, like her characters in I’ll Give You the Sun, comes from a superstitious lot. She was tutored from a young age in the art of the four-leaf clover hunt; she knocks wood, throws salt, and carries charms in her pockets. Her debut novel, The Sky Is Everywhere, was on multiple Best Books of the Year lists, was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick, earned numerous starred reviews, has been translated widely, and continues to enjoy great international success. Jandy has a BA from Cornell, an MFA in poetry from Brown, and another MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Currently a full-time writer, Jandy lives and writes in San Francisco, California—not far from the settings of The Sky Is Everywhere and I’ll Give You the Sun.
Praise for I'll Give You the Sun:
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
Winner of a Stonewall Honor
One of Time Magazine’s 100 Best YA Books of All Time
New York Times bestseller
New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year
TIME Magazine Top Ten Young Adult Book of the Year
Boston Globe Best Young Adult Novel of the Year
Huffington Post Top 12 Young Adult Book of the Year
Cybil's Award Finalist
YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction of the Year for Young Adults
Rainbow List Selection Top Ten of the Year
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Booklist Edtior's Choice Book of the Year
Bustle.com Top 25 Young Adult Novel of the Year
"This is the big one—the blazing story of once inseparable
twins whose lives are torn apart by tragedy." —Entertainment
Weekly, "5 YA Novels to Watch Out For"
"Dazzling." —The New York Times Book Review
"Have you ever wanted to put a book in all of your friends' hands?
This is that kind of book . . . Heartbreakingly honest." —San
Francisco Chronicle
"Bold, even breathtaking. You get the sense [the] characters are
bursting through the words, breaking free of normal metaphors and
constructions, jubilantly trying to rise up from the prison of
language . . . 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. . . . I’ll Give You
the Sun is a dazzling mirror." —Lauren Oliver for the New York
Times Book Review
"Both structurally virtuosic . . . and emotionally wrenching. That
alone is a rare combination in literature, YA or otherwise. But
then add in the characters . . . This book is a rebuttal to anyone
suggesting YA, because it tells stories of young people, is somehow
of lesser stuff. I’ll Give You The Sun is literature. Full stop. In
my opinion, it’s not just the best YA book of the year, but one of
the best books of the year." —Gayle Forman for Parade
"This book is many things at once, all of them engrossing. It's a
book where teenagers think in almost indulgently poetic language
while still sounding genuinely adolescent. It's two separate but
equally intoxicating love stories. . . . Most of all, it's the
mystery of what happened to tear Noah and Jude apart, and what—if
anything—can bring them back together again." —NPR's Guide to
2014's Great Reads
"This book is about many things: grief, sexuality, creativity,
bravery, identity, guilt. But mostly it's about love. Be prepared
with more tissues than you needed for The Fault in Our Stars, a
chunky notebook to scribble down all the quotes and a handful of
witty responses when people ask why you're chuckling to yourself in
the corner. Because this book will make you realise how beautiful
words can be." —The Guardian
"Simply unforgettable. . . . If you’re looking for a book that’s
deep and powerful and beautiful, look no further. You must read
I’ll Give You the Sun." —Lisa Parkin for the Huffington Post’s “Top
12 Young Adult Books of 2014”
★ “Readers are meant to feel big things, and they will—Nelson’s
novel brims with emotion (grief, longing, and love in particular)
as Noah, Jude, and the broken individuals in their lives find ways
to heal.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ "A resplendent novel...Art and wonder fill each page."—School
Library Journal, starred review
★ "Nelson’s prose is replete with moments of stunning emotional
clarity, and her characters are as irresistible to the reader as
they are to each other . . . No matter how they hurt each other,
the love among all the characters is huge here—huge enough to
destroy, huge enough to forgive, and huge enough to put their
broken world back together again." —BCCB, starred review
★ "In an electric style evoking the highly visual imaginations of
the young narrators, Nelson captures the fraught, antagonistic, yet
deeply loving relationship Jude and Noah share." —Booklist, starred
review
★ "An intricate and absorbing work of art emerges from the details
of the interlaced sections. Few novels about twins capture so well
the rewards and challenges . . . or the way in which people who
have loved us remain in our minds after their deaths." —VOYA,
perfect score
★ "Readers will be hooked." —Library Media Connection
“The novel is structurally brilliant, moving back and forth across
timelines to reveal each teen's respective exhilaration and anguish
. . . Nelson's prose scintillates . . . dizzyingly visual . . .
Here's a narrative experience readers won't soon
forget.”—Kirkus
"Told in poetic prose with the barest hint of magical realism . . .
a compelling meditation on love, grief, sexuality, family, and
fate." —Horn Book
"I've gotten so involved in a book that I've missed my subway stop
because I was reading; Jandy Nelson's I'll Give You the Sun might
be the first time where I saw my stop and skipped it anyway." —The
Daily Beast
"I'll Give You the Sun is a daydream . . . otherworldly and
mesmerizing . . . Nelson's evocative language envelops one's
imagination . . . an exquisite surrender to wonder and
possibilities." —The Boston Globe
"I'll Give You the Sun gives the word 'intense' new meaning . . . a
novel that makes you want to go out and skydive, but if you can
read a novel like this now and then, you don't need to."
—Newsday
"This one is going to be big . . . It is full of all the good stuff
that sticks with you: love, identity struggles, loss, betrayal, and
the complications of family, so you'll probably feel all the
feels." —Bustle.com
"A blazing prismatic explosion of color . . . I'll Give You the Sun
is that rare, immersive teen novel: To read it is a coming-of-age
experience in itself." —Entertainment Weekly
"[These] viewpoints—Noah’s at 13 and 14, Jude's at 16—intersect in
surprising ways, and eventually come together in a satisfying, if
bittersweet, conclusion. . . . Young adults will learn they're not
alone in navigating the emotional highs and lows of finding their
identity; older readers will have moments of wistful recognition.
I, for one, devoured this book.”—Montreal Gazette
"It's a meditation on life, art, family, fate, and how even the
most broken people can help fix one another . . . This book will
tear through you like a hurricane, leaving you in ruined
awe."—Huffington Post
"Ingeniously told from the alternating perspectives of its spunky
twin protagonists, this (technically) young adult noel jubilantly
holds its own against the fall's grown-up offerings, with dead-on
insights about surviving youth—and family." —O, the Oprah
Magazine
"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... [It's]
planted firmly in the positive, making for a gravity-defying,
life-affirming experience."—San Francisco Magazine
"[Nelson] has an electrifying facility with description, especially
how her characters feel at a given moment . . . [Jude], Noah, and
the fine cast of subsidiary characters . . . are most memorable for
how they poignantly illustrate the most basic of human
emotions—love, grief, shame, remorse, joy."—Chicago Tribune
“One of Fall’s most anticipated YA books . . . it’s filled with
complex and controversial themes that are relatable to anyone who
has struggled with identity, sexuality, family ties and other
struggles of growing up.”—Mashable.com
"Will pluck at your heartstrings." —People
"A wild, beautiful, and profoundly moving novel. Jandy Nelson’s
writing is so electric, so alive, her pages practically glow in the
dark." —Ransom Riggs, New York Times bestselling author of Miss
Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and Hollow City
"Jandy Nelson is a rare, explosive talent, and one of the best
writers working today. Her prose is vivid, breathtaking, and
drenched in passion, and her stories remind me why words can change
the world." —Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author of the
Shatter Me series
"I love this book. Jandy Nelson is my new writing hero. Read this
book. She'll be your favorite author as well." —Holly Goldberg
Sloan, New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7s
"Jandy Nelson’s writing is poetic and mesmerizing. More
importantly, Nelson weaves a novel that seeps into your bones like
fire on a cold day . . . I’ll Give You the Sun is a novel that
promises a story like nothing else and then delivers it.” —Garret
Freymann-Weyr, author of Printz Honor book, My Heartbeat
"This is a stunning, artfully woven story. My heart burst open at
the blazing, unforgettable end. Magnificent." —Nova Ren Suma,
author of Imaginary Girls and 17 & Gone
"An extraordinary book! I've never read anything like it.
Lyrical-unique-passionate-magical-tragic-hopeful—Nelson's
characters will fly off the page and into your heart." —Nancy
Garden, author of Annie on my Mind
Praise for The Sky is Everywhere:
"Nelson's first novel is tender, romantic, and loaded with
passion." —The Horn Book
"The author brilliantly navigates Lennie's course between despair
and hope, sorrow and humor... a gripping love triangle." —Shelf
Awareness
"In this amazing tale of love and loss, Nelson introduces a cast of
characters who make the reader laugh and cry." —NPR's The
Roundtable
"Nearly everyone who's staggering through life in the wake of a
loved one's death will recognize themselves in this brilliant,
piercing story." —The Denver Post
★ "This is distinguished by the dreamy California setting and
poetic images that will draw readers into Lennie's world..."
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"A joy to read. You'll remember [it] long after you've turned the
last page." —The Romantic Times
★ "It's romantic without being gooey and tear-jerking without being
campy—what more could a reader want?" —BCCB, starred review
★ "This is a passionate, vulnerable, wonderfully complete and
irresistible book." —VOYA, starred review
"[Nelson] writes with abandon... it's a headlong kind of book,
preferably devoured at a single setting." —Los Angeles Times
"Brimming with humor and life, full of music and the poems Lennie
drops all over town, The Sky is Everywhere explores betrayal and
forgiveness through a vibrant cast of characters." —SLJ
"Those who think young adult books can't be as literary, rich, and
mature as their adult counterparts will be disabused of that notion
after reading The Sky is Everywhere... A finely-drawn portrait
of grief and first love." —The Daily Beast
"A story of love, loss, and healing that will resonate with readers
long after they've finished reading." —Booklist
"A story about love and loss... both heartfelt and literary."
—Kirkus Reviews
"Sky is both a profound meditation on loss and grieving and an
exhilarating and very sexy romance. The book deserves multiple
readings simply to savor Nelson's luscious language..."—NPR (chosen
by Gayle Forman as one of the top five teen reads of 2010)
"How grief and love run side by side is sensitively and intensely
explored in this energetic, poetic, and warm-blooded novel." —The
Guardian
"An addictive, romantic, heartbreaking, and wise tale of one girl's
epic loss—and equally epic self-discovery. Seriously, stop reading
this blurb; start reading this book!" —Gayle Forman, author of the
New York Times Bestseller If I Stay
"Wow. I sobbed my eyes out and then laughed through the tears. I
have not fallen in love with a story and its characters like this
in a long time. Stunning, heartbreaking, hilarious. A story that
shakes the earth."—An Na, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award and
National Book Award Finalist
"Okay, I admit it. I have a huge crush on this book—it's beautiful,
brilliant, passionate, funny, sexy, and deep. Come to think of it,
I might even want to marry this book."—Sonya Sones, author of What
My Mother Doesn't Know
"Full of heart, quirky charm, and beautiful writing, The Sky Is
Everywhere simply shines." —Deb Caletti, National Book Award
Finalist and author of The Secret Life of Prince Charming
"Jandy Nelson's story of grief somehow manages to be an
enchantment, a celebration, a romance—without forsaking the
rock-hard truths of loss." —Sara Zarr, National Book Award Finalist
and author of Story of a Girl and Sweethearts
"The Sky Is Everywhere evokes the intensity of desire and agony of
heartache with breathtaking clarity. This beautifully written story
will leave an indelible impression upon your soul." —Susane
Colasanti, author of When It Happens
A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Title
A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Translated into seventeen different languages
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