My Reaction:
I think this is the first David Levithan book I've read. I have Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List on my shelf, but I cannot remember if I've read it or not. I think I vaguely remember it, so it should probably go on my to-read list.Every Day lived up to my expectations of a David Levithan novel. Levithan takes readers out of their comfort zones
About the Book:
The main character is A. A does not have a body. A does not have a gender. A just is. Every day, A wakes up in the body of someone new. Sometimes the body belongs to a girl, sometimes to a boy. The body might be tall or short, have light hair or dark, long hair or short, but it doesn't matter. The body is A's for that day, and only that day. A has the ability to access information about the person to whom the body belongs, which allows A to spend the day as that person unnoticed.
On day 5,994, A wakes up in the body of Justin, a high school teenager dating a girl named Rhiannon. After spending the day with Rhiannon in Justin’s body, A falls in love with Rhiannon. For the first time in A's life, there is a connection with another person, a connection that A does not want to lose, even if it means telling Rhiannon the truth.Over the course of the next few weeks, A tries to find a way to explain to Rhiannon what is going on and how it works, and for very good reason, she is skeptical.
The novel follows A through each day in a new body, some male, some female, some straight-A students, some drug addicts, some suicidal. The only constant is Rhiannon, but even that is not a guarantee for A. As A experiences life in a new body every day, A feels quite knowledgeable about the world, more than any normal teenager, but Rhiannon shows A that this might not be the case.
On Teaching:
This is another book that I would not teach as a whole class novel, but instead would use for lit circles. I would also recommend it to my students for independent reading.
Book Extras:
A short story by David Levithan that takes place before the book begins.
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Book Trailer:
Other Books by the Author:
Every You, Every Me
The Lover's Dictionary
Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green
Love is the Higher Law
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares with Rachel Cohn
Likely Story! as David Van Etten
How They Met and Other Stories
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
Wide AwakeNick and Norah's Infinite Playlist with Rachel Cohn
Marly's Ghost
The Full Spectrum
Are We There Yet?
The Realm of Possibility
Boy Meets Boy
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