1. Target
  2. Movies, Music & Books
  3. Books
  4. Kids' Books

I'll Give You the Sun - by Jandy Nelson (Hardcover)

I'll Give You the Sun - by  Jandy Nelson (Hardcover)
Store: Target
Last Price: 13.99 USD

Similar Products

Products of same category from the store

All

Product info

<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The author of the highly acclaimed "The Sky Is Everywhere" presents a story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal told from different points in time, and in separate voices, by artists Jude and her twin brother Noah.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>A <i>New York Times</i> bestseller - One of <i>Time Magazine</i>'s 100 Best YA Books of All Time <b>-</b> <b>Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award - <b>A Stonewall Honor Book</b><br></b><br>The radiant, award-winning story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, Becky Albertalli, and Adam Silvera</b> <p/>Dazzling. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br>A blazing prismatic explosion of color<b>.</b> --<i>Entertainment Weekly<br></i>Powerful and well-crafted . . . Stunning.</b> <b><b>--<i>Time Magazine</i></b> <p/></b><i>"We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story."</i> <p/> At first, Jude and her twin brother are NoahandJude; inseparable. Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude wears red-red lipstick, cliff-dives, and does all the talking for both of them. <p/>Years later, they are barely speaking. Something has happened to change the twins in different yet equally devastating ways . . . but then Jude meets an intriguing, irresistible boy and a mysterious new mentor. <p/>The early years are Noah's to tell; the later years are Jude's. But they each have only half the story, and if they can only find their way back to one another, they'll have a chance to remake their world. <p/>This radiant, award-winning novel from the acclaimed author of <i>The Sky Is Everywhere</i> will leave you breathless and teary and laughing--often all at once.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i> </b> <p/>Winner of the 2015 Michael L. Printz Award<br>Winner of a 2015 Stonewall Honor <p/>A <i>New York Times Book Review</i> Notable Children's Book of 2014<br> A <i>TIME</i> Top Ten Young Adult Book of 2014<br> A <i>Boston Globe</i> Best Young Adult Novel of 2014<br> A <i>Huffington Post</i> Top 12 Young Adult Book of 2014<br> A 2014 Cybil Award Finalist<br>A 2015 YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Book<br>A 2015 Topo Ten Rainbow List Selection<br> A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Best Book of 2014<br> A <i>School Library Journal </i>Best Book of 2014<br> A 2014 <i>Booklist </i>Edtior's Choice Book<br> A Bustle.com Top 25 Young Adult Novel of 2014 <p/> <b>This is the big one</b>--the blazing story of once inseparable twins whose lives are torn apart by tragedy. --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>, 5 YA Novels to Watch Out For <p/> <b>Dazzling</b>. --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/> Have you ever wanted to put a book in all of your friends' hands? This is that kind of book . . . <b>Heartbreakingly honest</b>. --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> <p/> Bold, even <b>breathtaking</b>. You get the sense [the] characters are bursting through the words, breaking free of normal metaphors and constructions, jubilantly trying to rise up from the prison of language . . . The book celebrates art's capacity to heal, but it also shows us how we excavate meaning from the art we cherish, and how we find reflections of ourselves within it. . . . <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i> is a dazzling mirror. --Lauren Oliver for the <i>New York Times Book Review</i> <p/> Both structurally <b>virtuosic </b>. . . and <b>emotionally wrenching</b>. That alone is a rare combination in literature, YA or otherwise. But then add in the characters . . . This book is a rebuttal to anyone suggesting YA, because it tells stories of young people, is somehow of lesser stuff. <i>I'll Give You The Sun</i> is literature. Full stop. In my opinion, it's not just the best YA book of the year, but one of the best books of the year. --Gayle Forman for <i>Parade</i> <p/> This book is many things at once, all of them <b>engrossing</b>. It's a book where teenagers think in almost indulgently poetic language while still sounding genuinely adolescent. It's two separate but equally <b>intoxicating </b>love stories. . . . Most of all, it's the mystery of what happened to tear Noah and Jude apart, and what--if anything--can bring them back together again. --NPR's Guide to 2014's Great Reads <p/> This book is about many things: grief, sexuality, creativity, bravery, identity, guilt. But mostly it's about love. Be prepared with more tissues than you needed for <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i>, a chunky notebook to scribble down all the quotes and a handful of witty responses when people ask why you're chuckling to yourself in the corner. Because this book will make you realise how <b>beautiful</b> words can be. --<i>The Guardian</i> <p/> <b>Simply unforgettable</b>. . . . If you're looking for a book that's deep and powerful and beautiful, look no further. You must read <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i>. --Lisa Parkin for the <i>Huffington Post</i>'s "Top 12 Young Adult Books of 2014" <p/><b>★</b> "Readers are meant to feel big things, and they will--Nelson's novel <b>brims with emotion</b> (grief, longing, and love in particular) as Noah, Jude, and the broken individuals in their lives find ways to heal."--<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review <p/><b>★</b> A <b>resplendent </b>novel...Art and wonder fill each page.--<i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review <p/><b>★</b> Nelson's prose is replete with moments of <b>stunning </b>emotional clarity, and her characters are as irresistible to the reader as they are to each other . . . No matter how they hurt each other, the love among all the characters is huge here--huge enough to destroy, huge enough to forgive, and huge enough to put their broken world back together again. --<i>BCCB</i>, starred review <p/><b>★</b> In an <b>electric </b>style evoking the highly visual imaginations of the young narrators, Nelson captures the fraught, antagonistic, yet deeply loving relationship Jude and Noah share. --<i>Booklist</i>, starred review <p/><b>★</b> An <b>intricate </b>and <b>absorbing </b>work of art emerges from the details of the interlaced sections. Few novels about twins capture so well the rewards and challenges . . . or the way in which people who have loved us remain in our minds after their deaths. --<i>VOYA</i>, perfect score <p/><b>★</b> <b>Readers will be hooked</b>. --<i>Library Media Connection</i> <p/>"The novel is <b>structurally brilliant</b>, moving back and forth across timelines to reveal each teen's respective exhilaration and anguish . . . Nelson's prose scintillates . . . <b>dizzyingly visual</b> . . . Here's a narrative experience readers won't soon forget."--<i>Kirkus</i> <p/> Told in poetic prose with the barest hint of magical realism . . . a <b>compelling </b>meditation on love, grief, sexuality, family, and fate. --<i>Horn Book</i> <p/> I've gotten so involved in a book that I've missed my subway stop because I was reading; Jandy Nelson's <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i> might be the first time where I saw my stop and skipped it anyway. --<i>The Daily Beast</i> <p/> <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i> is<b> </b>a daydream . . . <b>otherworldly and mesmerizing</b> . . . Nelson's evocative language envelops one's imagination . . . an <b>exquisite </b>surrender to wonder and possibilities. --<i>The Boston Globe</i> <p/> <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i> gives the word '<b>intense</b>' new meaning . . . a novel that makes you want to go out and skydive, but if you can read a novel like this now and then, you don't need to. --<i>Newsday</i> <p/> This one is going to be big . . . It is full of all the good stuff that sticks with you: love, identity struggles, loss, betrayal, and the complications of family, so you'll probably feel<b> all the feels</b>. --Bustle.com <p/> A blazing prismatic explosion of color . . . <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i> is that rare, immersive teen novel: <b>To read it is a coming-of-age experience in itself.</b> --<i>Entertainment Weekly</i> <p/> [These] viewpoints--Noah's at 13 and 14, Jude's at 16--intersect in surprising ways, and eventually come together in a <b>satisfying</b>, if <b>bittersweet</b>, conclusion. . . . Young adults will learn they're not alone in navigating the emotional highs and lows of finding their identity; older readers will have moments of wistful recognition. I, for one, devoured this book."--Montreal Gazette <p/> It's a meditation on life, art, family, fate, and how even the most broken people can help fix one another . . . This book <b>will tear through you like a hurricane</b>, leaving you in ruined awe.--<i>Huffington Post</i> <p/> <b>Ingeniously told</b> from the alternating perspectives of its spunky twin protagonists, this (technically) young adult noel jubilantly holds its own against the fall's grown-up offerings, with dead-on insights about surviving youth--and family. --<i>O, the Oprah Magazine</i> <p/> You'd think that we were plugging <i>The Fault in Our Stars</i>, but even that comparison might sell short <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i>... [It's] planted firmly in the positive, making for a <b>gravity-defying, life-affirming</b> experience.--<i>San Francisco Magazine</i> <p/> [Nelson] has an <b>electrifying </b>facility with description, especially how her characters feel at a given moment . . . [Jude], Noah, and the fine cast of subsidiary characters . . . are most memorable for how they poignantly illustrate the most basic of human emotions--love, grief, shame, remorse, joy.--<i>Chicago Tribune</i> <p/> "One of Fall's most anticipated YA books . . . it's filled with <b>complex </b>and controversial themes that are relatable to anyone who has struggled with identity, sexuality, family ties and other struggles of growing up."--Mashable.com <p/> Will pluck at your heartstrings. --<i>People</i> <p/> A wild, beautiful, and <b>profoundly moving</b> novel. Jandy Nelson's writing is so electric, so alive, her pages practically glow in the dark. --Ransom Riggs, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children</i> and <i>Hollow City</i> <p/> Jandy Nelson is a rare, explosive talent, and one of the best writers working today. Her prose is vivid, breathtaking, and <b>drenched in passion</b>, and her stories remind me why words can change the world. --Tahereh Mafi, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the <i>Shatter Me</i> series <p/> I love this book. Jandy Nelson is <b>my new writing hero</b>. Read this book. She'll be your favorite author as well. --Holly Goldberg Sloan, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Counting by 7s</i> <p/> Jandy Nelson's writing is poetic and <b>mesmerizing</b>. More importantly, Nelson weaves a novel that seeps into your bones like fire on a cold day . . . <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i> is a novel that promises a story like nothing else and then delivers it." --Garret Freymann-Weyr, author of Printz Honor book, <i>My Heartbeat</i> <p/> This is a <b>stunning</b>, <b>artfully woven</b> story. My heart burst open at the blazing, unforgettable end. <b>Magnificent</b>. --Nova Ren Suma, author of<i> Imaginary Girls</i> and <i>17 & Gone</i> <p/> An extraordinary book! <b>I've never read anything like it</b>. Lyrical-unique-passionate-magical-tragic-hopeful--Nelson's characters will fly off the page and into your heart. --Nancy Garden, author of <i>Annie on my Mind</i><p> </p> <p/> <b>Praise for <i>The Sky is Everywhere</i> </b> <p/> Nelson's first novel is tender, romantic, and loaded with passion. --<i>The Horn Book</i> <p/> The author brilliantly navigates Lennie's course between despair and hope, sorrow and humor... a gripping love triangle. --<i>Shelf Awareness</i> <p/> In this amazing tale of love and loss, Nelson introduces a cast of characters who make the reader laugh and cry. --NPR's <i>The Roundtable</i> <p/> Nearly everyone who's staggering through life in the wake of a loved one's death will recognize themselves in this brilliant, piercing story. --<i>The Denver Post</i> <p/><b>★</b> This is distinguished by the dreamy California setting and poetic images that will draw readers into Lennie's world... --<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review <p/> A joy to read. You'll remember [it] long after you've turned the last page. --<i>The Romantic Times </i> <p/><b>★</b> It's romantic without being gooey and tear-jerking without being campy--what more could a reader want? --<i>BCCB</i>, starred review <p/><b>★ </b>This is a passionate, vulnerable, wonderfully complete and irresistible book. --<i>VOYA</i>, starred review <p/> [Nelson] writes with abandon... it's a headlong kind of book, preferably devoured at a single setting. --<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/> Brimming with humor and life, full of music and the poems Lennie drops all over town, <i>The Sky is Everywhere</i> explores betrayal and forgiveness through a vibrant cast of characters. --<i>SLJ </i> <p/> 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 <i>The Sky is Everywhere</i>... A finely-drawn portrait of grief and first love. --<i>The Daily Beast</i> <p/> A story of love, loss, and healing that will resonate with readers long after they've finished reading. --<i>Booklist </i> <p/> A story about love and loss... both heartfelt and literary. --<i>Kirkus Reviews </i> <p/> <i>Sky</i> is both a profound meditation on loss and grieving and an exhilarating and very sexy romance. The book deserves multiple readings simply to savor Nelson's luscious language...--NPR (chosen by Gayle Forman as one of the top five teen reads of 2010) <p/> How grief and love run side by side is sensitively and intensely explored in this energetic, poetic, and warm-blooded novel. --<i>The Guardian</i> <p/> 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! --<i>Gayle Forman</i>, author of the <i>New York Times </i>Bestseller <i>If I Stay </i> <p/> 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 <p/> 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 <i>marry</i> this book.--Sonya Sones, author of <i>What My Mother Doesn't Know</i> <p/> Full of heart, quirky charm, and beautiful writing, <i>The Sky Is Everywhere </i>simply shines. --Deb Caletti, National Book Award Finalist and author of <i>The Secret Life of Prince Charming </i> <p/> 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 <i>Story of a Girl</i> and <i>Sweethearts </i> <p/> <i>The Sky Is Everywhere</i> evokes the intensity of desire and agony of heartache with breathtaking clarity. This beautifully written story will leave an indelible impression upon your soul. --Susane Colasanti, author of <i>When It Happens</i> <p/> A <i>Publishers Weekly</i> Flying Start Title <p/> A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee <p/> A Junior Library Guild Selection <p/> Translated into seventeen different languages<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jandy Nelson, like her characters in<i> I'll Give You the Sun</i>, comes from a superstitious lot. She was tutored from a young age in the art of the four-leaf clover hunt; she knocks wood, throws salt, and carries charms in her pockets. Her debut novel, <i> The Sky Is Everywhere</i>, was on multiple Best Books of the Year lists, was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick, earned numerous starred reviews, has been translated widely, and continues to enjoy great international success. Jandy has a BA from Cornell, an MFA in poetry from Brown, and another MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Currently a full-time writer, Jandy lives and writes in San Francisco, California--not far from the settings of <i>The Sky Is Everywhere</i> and<i> I'll Give You the Sun</i>.

Price History

Cheapest price in the interval: 13.99 on November 8, 2021

Most expensive price in the interval: 13.99 on January 15, 2022