With powerful language and complex characters, Jandy Nelson (The Sky Is Everywhere) delivers the story of twin siblings coming of age.
Noah and Jude are as close as twins can get. Jude is always rescuing her awkward brother from bullying or worse. Noah is happy to have his art, his mom and his sister's devotion. He can live with his father's disapproval and his lack of social life. Jude is the teenage golden girl--carefree surfer, secret sculptor of sand figures and the object of most boys' desire. Fast forward three years: a terrible tragedy has alienated the siblings. Until they can find some way back to each other, neither can be whole.
I'll Give You the Sun is both resonant and rewarding, offering readers the heartbreaks of adolescence through Jude's and Noah's alternating voices. With a sprinkling of magical realism, this lyrical novel portrays loss and loneliness from several perspectives--adults as well as teenagers, gay as well as straight. --Nan Shipley, literary scout