I'll Give You The Sun

By (author) Jandy Nelson; By (author) Nelson Jandy
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From the critically acclaimed author of The Sky Is Every-where, a radiant novel that will leave you laughing and crying - all at once. For fans of John Green, Gayle Forman and Lauren Oliver.
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New York Times bestseller

Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children''s Book Prize

Winner of the 2015 Michael L. Printz Award

Winner of a 2015 Stonewall Honor

“This is the big one – the BLAZING story of once inseparable twins whose lives are torn apart by tragedy.” Entertainment Weekly

From the critically acclaimed author of The Sky Is Every­where, a radiant novel that will leave you laughing and crying – all at once. For fans of John Green, Gayle Forman and Lauren Oliver.

Jude and her twin Noah were incredibly close – until a tragedy drove them apart, and now they are barely speaking. Then Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy as well as a captivating new mentor, both of whom may just need her as much as she needs them. What the twins don''t realize is that each of them has only half the story and if they can just find their way back to one another, they have a chance to remake their world.

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[A] breath taking, powerful roller-coaster story
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Does the almost impossible and improves upon the skill and beauty of The Sky is Everywhere
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Exceptional . . . a big, intense emotional rollercoaster. . . it is a novel of family conflict and resolution, coming of age, sexual orientation, bereavement; a story of love, at and wonder. Don’t miss it
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An emotional roller coaster of a novel that explores love, relationships, desolation and hope as two twins try to find their way back to each other after a tragedy. Highly recommended.
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Jandy Nelson captures not only the language of the modern teenager. . . but also the lightning fast thought processes including the pinball-like way that their emotions switch from for to against.
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Dazzling
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This book will tear through you like a hurricane, leaving you in ruined awe
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This (technically) young-adult novel jubilantly holds its own against the fall’s grown-up offerings, with dead-on insights about surviving youth—and family
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You’ll feel this book in a big way
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A blazing, prismatic explosion of color . . . Nelson’s gifts in tackling huge subjects — death, grief, all-consuming love — with humor and gravitas will draw comparisons to the two reigning superstars of non-apocalyptic YA lit, John Green and Rainbow Rowell. But the intensity of her writing stands alone . I’ll Give You the Sun is that rare, immersive teen novel: To read it is a coming-of-age experience in itself.
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My April book of the Month, and one of this year’s outstanding YA novels: this is an intense, breathtaking story of two siblings and of love, death, art and wonder.



Fiona Noble

The Bookseller

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It is hardly news that YA fiction is all the rage but it is worth stating that it is deservedly so when books like this are being published. [...] this is one of the most relevant and enjoyable books I have read in a long time.
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‘I’ll Give You The Sun is a breath-taking novel for young adults from the highly acclaimed writer Jandy Nelson. Hailed as ‘the next John Green’, it quickly becomes apparent why that''s the case. Her characters have that same jump-right-off-the-page-and-into-your-heart thing going on. We become wrapped in them as we discover the truths of their minds an