The Sky Is Everywhere

Zusatztext "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 ? "It's romantic without being gooey and tear-jerking without being campywhat 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 the year) "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 lossand 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 bookit'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 romancewithout forsaking the rock-hard truths of loss."Sara Zarr, National Book Award Finalist and author of Story of a Girl and Sweethearts A Publishers Weekly Flying Start A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee A Junior Library Guild Selection Translated into thirty different languages Informationen zum Autor Jandy Nelson is the New York Times bestselling author of I'll Give You the Sun , which received the prestigious Printz Award and was a Stonewall Honor Book. Her critically acclaimed ...

"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

★ "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 the year)

"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

A Publishers Weekly Flying Start 

A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Translated into thirty different languages

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Jandy Nelson is the New York Times bestselling author of I’ll Give You the Sun, which received the prestigious Printz Award and was a Stonewall Honor Book. Her critically acclaimed debut, The Sky Is Everywhere, is now an AppleTV+ and A24 original film for which Jandy wrote the screenplay. Together, Sun and Sky have sold over a million copies worldwide. Both have been YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults picks and on multiple best of the year lists, have earned many starred reviews, and continue to enjoy international success. Currently a full-time writer, Jandy lives and writes in San Francisco, California, not far from the settings of h…