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Every Day by David Levithan
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Sep 10, 2013 | ISBN 9780307931894

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Praise

School Library Journal Best of Children’s Books 2012

Kirkus Reviews Best of Teen’s Books 2012

Booklist Best of Children’s Books 2012


“Fresh, unique, funny, and achingly honest, Levithan brilliantly explores the adolescent conundrum of not feeling like oneself, and not knowing where one belongs. I didn’t just read this book — I inhaled it.”  —Jodi Picoult, NYT bestselling author of Lone Wolf and Between the Lines

Entertainment Weekly
, August 22, 2012:

“Rich in wisdom and wit…Levithan keeps the pages turning not only with ingenious twists on his central conceit but with A’s hard-earned pieces of wisdom about identity, isolation, and love. Every Day has the power to teach a bully empathy by answering an essential question: What’s it like to be you and not me — even if it’s just for one day?”

New York Times Book Review, August 26, 2012:
“It demonstrates Levithan’s talent for empathy, which is paired in the best parts of the book with a persuasive optimism about the odds for happiness and for true love.”

Los Angeles Times, September 2, 2012:
“It’s the rare book that challenges gender presumptions in a way that’s as entertaining as it is unexpected and, perhaps most important, that’s relatable to teens who may not think they need sensitivity training when it comes to sexual orientation and the nature of true love. ‘Every Day’ is precisely such a book…A story that is always alluring, oftentimes humorous and much like love itself — splendorous.”

MTV Hollywood Crush, September 28, 2012:
“Thoughtful and fascinating…A study in the most real and human of concerns: the importance of empathy, the value of friends and family, and the beauty of permanence that we have the luxury of taking for granted.”

Boston Globe, September 15, 2012:
“Ambitious and provocative…we’re not ready to let A go.”

OUT Magazine, December 2012:
“One of the most inventive young adult novels of the year.”

Romantic Times, October 2012:
“Levithan is a literary genius. His style of writing is brilliant — practically flawless… Reading A’s journey to make love last, in a world that is always changing, is an experience I hope everyone gets to share.”

Starred Review, School Library Journal, September 2012:
“Every step of the narrative feels real and will elicit a strong emotional response from readers and offer them plenty of fodder for speculation, especially regarding the nature of love.”

Starred Review, Booklist, July 1, 2012:
“Levithan has created an irresistible premise that is sure to captivate readers….
[Every Day] is a study in style, an exercise in imagination, and an opportunity for readers themselves to occupy another life: that of A, himself.”

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, May 15, 2012:
“An awe-inspiring, thought-provoking reminder that love reaches beyond physical appearances or gender.”

Starred Review, Shelf Awareness, September 7, 2012:
“Levithan’s unusual love story will make teens think about how the core of the soul never changes. A speaks of faith, love, dreams and death with a wisdom derived from thousands of lives visited over 16 years and firsthand proof of how much humans share rather than what sets them apart.”

The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, September 2012:
“This unconventional romance considers some fascinating and unexpected questions about the nature of identity, consciousness, love, and gender…Readers will identify with A’s profound longing for connection, but they’ll also be intrigued by the butterfly effect A’s presence may have on numerous other teens who make brief but memorable appearances.”

The Horn Book, November 2012:
“Brilliantly conceived…[Levithan] shapes the narrative into a profound exploration of what it means to love someone.”

Letter Blocks, the BN Parents & Educators blog, August 23, 2012:
“A definite crowd-pleaser.”

The L Magazine, August 29, 2012:
“The premise allows for stimulating parallels: A’s experience is both like the writer’s, who inhabits the consciousnesses of random characters, and the adolescent’s, who tries on myriad identities.”

Awards

ALA Best Books for Young Adults WINNER 2013

ALA Best Books for Young Adults Top 10 WINNER 2013

Amazon Best of the Year WINNER 2012

Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year WINNER 2012

Connecticut Nutmeg Children’s Book Award NOMINEE 2015

Florida Sunshine State Book Award NOMINEE 2014

Georgia Peach Book Award NOMINEE 2013

Great Lakes Book Award NOMINEE 2014

Iowa High School Book Award NOMINEE 2016

Kentucky Bluegrass Award NOMINEE 2014

Kid’s Indie Next List “Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers” NOMINEE 2012

Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award NOMINEE 2013

Missouri Gateway Readers Award NOMINEE 2015

Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award NOMINEE 2014

Cybils FINALIST 2012

Indies Choice Book Award FINALIST 2013

Lambda Literary Award FINALIST 2013

Louisiana Young Reader’s Choice Award FINALIST 2015

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