Every Day
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4.4 • 61 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Every day a different body.
Every day a different life.
Every day in love with the same girl.
Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.
Then A wakes in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day after day.
Now a major film starring Angourie Rice.
David Levithan is the New York Times bestselling author of many YA novels, including Every Day, Another Day, Two Boys Kissing, Boy Meets Boy, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (written with Rachel Cohn) and Will Grayson, Will Grayson (written with John Green). He lives in New Jersey and spends his days in New York, editing and publishing other people’s books. Visit him online at www.davidlevithan.com.
'Fresh, unique, funny and achingly honest...I didn't just read this book - I inhaled it.' Jodi Picoult
'Every Day is a wonder.' Patrick Ness
[starred review] 'An irresistible premise...Those familiar with Levithan's earlier work will not be a bit surprised to learn that his latest is beautifully written...a study in style, an exercise in imagination, and an opportunity for readers themselves to occupy another life, that of A himself.' Booklist
'Genius concept, brilliantly written. Every Day is David Levithan at his very best, and that is very, very good.' Ellen Hopkins
'Is it too unmanly to say that this breathless book made me cry? It is? OK, well then I'll just say this book is terrific, and if you'll excuse me, I have something in my eye.' Daniel Handler
'An awe-inspiring, thought-provoking reminder that love reaches beyond physical appearances or gender.' Kirkus Reviews
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Imagine waking up as someone different every day. We inhaled David Levithan’s sucker punch of a novel that riffs off this premise. Every morning, A wakes as someone new: from a nerdy student battling her older brother to a devoted son helping his single-parent family stay afloat. One morning A gets up in the body of no-hoper Justin, meets his girlfriend Rhiannon and falls head over heels. With its small, perfectly drawn stories of the lives A inhabits, Every Day is a beautiful love story and a thought-provoking exploration of identity.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Is it possible to disregard someone's exterior to see and love that person's true, interior self? That's just one of the provocative questions Levithan (Every You, Every Me) asks in a novel that follows "A," who takes over the body of a different person each day at midnight. Right around A's 6,000th day on the planet, A meets Rhiannon girlfriend of current host body Justin and falls in love. A is careful not to disrupt the lives of the bodies he/she inhabits (A doesn't identify as male or female), but that starts to change as A pursues Rhiannon. Levithan sets up the rules of this thought experiment carefully: A only hops between the bodies of teenagers (who all live fairly near each other), and A can access their memories. As a result, the story unfolds smoothly (the regular shifts between bodies give the novel a natural momentum), but it's also less ambitious. Despite the diverse teens A inhabits, A's cerebral, wiser-than-thou voice dominates, in much the same way A directs the lives of these teens for 24 hours. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Couldn’t put it down
Such a great book! I love the way it explores gender and what it really means to love someone... when gender doesn’t matter. I literally could not put it down... pulled an all-nighter to finish it! But I have to say the ending left me wanting to scream and throw the book across the room... while I thought the ending was good, like all good books I was not ready to part from the characters and wanted to know what happens next!
Every Day
Wow. This was breathtaking and beautifully written. A true, unique tale.
It was okay...
Interesting concept (it's what drew me in the first place) but I didn't like how it was executed. I'm not a huge fan of romance, so I didn't really find it as enjoyable. I found that I also couldn't connect with any of the characters, especially the protagonist, who constantly frustrated me.
Overall it was alright, but I felt like it could've been done better. It just felt like I was reading a typical romance novel...