Everything, Everything
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9780553496642
Pages
310 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
The story of a teenage girl who's literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she's ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL610L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Single parent; Family violence; Biracial; Illness; single mother; abusive father; biracial teenager; disease; severe combined immunodeficiency; bubble baby disease; immune suppressed
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
African American / Japanese
Family Formation
single mother; mother and father
Awards
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award, 2016-2017, Winner, High School
Buckeye Children's and Teen Book Award, 2017, Winner, Teen
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, 2018, Winner
Evergreen Teen Book Award, 2018, Winner
Garden State Teen Book Award, 2018, Winner, Fiction Grades 9-12
Gateway Readers Award, 2018, 1st Place
Iowa High School Book Award, 2017-2018, Winner
Oregon Reader's Choice Award, 2018, Winner, High School
Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award, 2016-2017, Winner, Young Adult
Show Me Readers Award, 2018, 1st Place
South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, 2018, Winner, Young Adult
South Dakota Teen Choice Award, 2017, Runner Up, High School
Cybils Awards, 2015, Finalist, Young Adult Fiction
Isinglass Teen Read Award, 2017, Winner
Rhode Island Teen Book Award, 2017, Winner
Soaring Eagle Book Award, 2016-2017, Winner
Southern California Independent Booksellers Award, 2016, Finalist, Young Adult Novels
Best Books for Teens, 2015
Booklist Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2016 Fiction
Booklist Top 10 Quick Picks, 2016
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, 2016 Ages (14 and Up)
CSMCL Best Books, 2015 Children's Literature
Kirkus Book Review Stars, 2015
School Library Journal Best Books, 2015 Young Adult
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2016 Young Adult Fiction
YALSA Teens' Top Ten, 2016 Teen
Young Adults' Choices, 2016
Keywords
chronically ill children; first love; friendship; allergy; Hawaii; online relationship; lies
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Yoon, Nicola, "Everything, Everything" (2015). Diverse Families. 490.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/490