The Sky Is Everywhere - by Jandy Nelson (Paperback)

About the Book

Lennie Walker, a 17-year-old bookworm and band geek, spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But after Bailey suddenly dies, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life.

Book Synopsis

From the Printz Award-winning author of I'll Give You the Sun comes a story of a young girl's struggle to sort her own melody out of the noise around her.

"Both a profound meditation on loss and grieving and an exhilarating and very sexy romance."--NPR

"How grief and love run side by side is sensitively and intensely explored in this energetic, poetic, and warm-blooded novel."--The Guardian

One boy helps her remember. The other helps her forget.

Adrift after her sister Bailey's sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive Toby--Bailey's boyfriend who shares her grief--and Joe, the new boy in town who bursts with life and musical genius. Each offers Lennie something she desperately needs . . . though she knows if the two of them collide her whole world will explode.

Join Lennie on this heartbreaking and hilarious journey of profound sorrow and mad love, as she makes colossal mistakes and colossal discoveries, as she traipses through band rooms and forest bedrooms and ultimately right into your heart.

Jandy Nelson's beloved, critically adored debut is now an Apple TV+ and A24 original film starring Jason Segel, Cherry Jones, Grace Kaufman, and Jacques Colimon.

Review Quotes

"How grief and love run side by side is sensitively and intensely explored in this energetic, poetic, and warm-blooded novel."--The Guardian

"In this amazing tale of love and loss, Nelson introduces a cast of characters who make the reader laugh and cry."--NPR

"[Nelson] writes with abandon . . . it's a headlong kind of book, preferably devoured at a single setting."--Los Angeles Times

"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

"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

"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

"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."--School Library Journal

"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

About the Author

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 her novels.