Lexile Measure: HL610L (What's this?)
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Press (September 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553496646
ISBN-13: 978-0553496642
Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1 x 8.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (433 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #2,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues > New Experiences #9 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues > Friendship #22 in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Family Life > New Experiences
Age Range: 12 - 17 years
Grade Level: 7 and up
Nicola Yoon’s “Everything, Everything” is a wonderful novel that will make you laugh, but one that, as the story develops, may also make you cry. It is about loss, love, holding on, and letting go; it is about growing up and it is about acknowledging that our children do grow up.Maddie Whittier has grown up believing she is allergic to everything. Living in a sterile home protected by an airlock that prevents outside contaminants from entering, Maddie’s world is limited to books, the internet, and two women. Her widowed physician mother and her nurse, Carla are the only individuals with whom she has physical contact. Maddie watches the outside world through her bedroom window. Fascinated by Olly, the teen-aged son of new neighbors, Maddie eventually strikes up an online friendship with him that evolves into something more. As Maddie struggles to gain her independence and to experience real life, conflict with her mother creates the basis for and resolution of the mystery surrounding Maddie’s illness.“Everything, Everything” provides a lesson for parents who seek to control the lives of their children and its effect on a child’s dreams. “…I try not to want things I can’t have …” In denying them the opportunity to experience the triumphs and tragedies inherent in growing up, parents limit the child’s life to a sterile, safe existence. Maddie expresses the frustration this creates in a child. “…For the first time …I want more than I have …” She also recognizes the effect this has on her. “…Wanting leads to more wanting. There’s no end …” She realizes that, based on past events, her mother’s love is founded on the desperate desire to protect her. Because of this, Maddie – like many teens – is determined to live her own life differently.
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