Born To Read - Matthew S.

    I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson is a YA novel and is my favorite book ever, which is why I saved it for last. The book follows the twins Noah, a gay artist who is an outsider and is considered weird, and Jude, a daredevil and is almost scared of nothing. The book is from two different perspectives, Noah's from three years before when they were both 13 which has the bubbly and quirky attitude he does, and Jude's, which is in the present when they're both 16 after... "it." In Jude's chapters the way everything is different is flabbergasting. They act like opposites of their past selves, and it really gets to you.

    I'll Give You the Sun makes you want to continue reading to find out what exactly happened to tear up this family and how Jude'll fix it, and Jandy Nelson really hit home with her writing skills. Her writing really pushes the attitude and greatness out of this book in the casual remarks and little things that they'll think in their head, making you feel like you're directly in the minds of Jude and Noah. It's also part of how Noah will mention something in his chapters that really affects them 3 years later and that Jude will explain what happened in the three year gap and what's with the present. I've never read something with so much power and greatness as IGYTS.

"People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It continues and is ever-changing." - Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun