Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

My favorite book I read this year was Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon. The genre of the book is realistic fiction because the sickness the main character, Maddy, has in the book is an actual sickness. Maddy is a teenage girl who lives with her mother and nurse. Maddy has such a rare sickness where she can't go outside at all or else her health would be hugely dangered. One day, new neighbors move in next door ad Maddy is instantly attracted to the son, Ollie, who is the same age. He brings over a bundt cake for Maddy's family and asks if she could show him around the town. Maddy's mom rejects the offer and cake, but soon after, Ollie and Maddy begin to text each other. They got very close and Ollie would even come over to visit her (after getting cleansed so he wouldn't bring in any outside germs). One day, Maddie had an idea to test if she really was sick by running away with Ollie to Hawaii because she has always wanted to see an ocean. While they were there, Maddy fainted and went to the hospital. Her and Ollie soon after returned home, yet Maddy realized something as she was flipping through doctor notes. She was never allergic from going outside and her mom was lying to her her entire life.

   

I would recommend Everything Everything because of the details and action, but the book ranges more towards the female audience. One reason I love this book so much is because of how Ollie and Maddy's relationship progresses. In the beginning of the story, Maddy was very interested in Ollie, and in the end, they are together. Another reason I love this book is because of the action. For example, when Ollie and Maddy run away, Nicola Yoon writes everything in a lot of detail and describes what they're doing perfectly so you can picture what's happening. My final reason I love this book is because of the small drawings on a few the pages. After a few chapters, there are small sketches to describe/summarize what happened in that chapter. Overall, I would definitely recommend this book because I guarantee you will love it as much as I do.

Emily W.   Period 5-6