![]() ![]() ![]() Both are budding artists, encouraged by their mother, who wants them both to go to the prestigious California School of the Arts. Noah and Jude were inseparable twins in eighth grade, but three years later they're barely civil to each other. The two narratives collide in artful, touching, and revelatory ways. There's some swearing and name calling (including "f-k," "holy s-t," and "homos"), teen drinking, bullying, and a rape. The novel includes three love stories, awakening sexuality, devotion to art, a tragic death, betrayal, remorse, and forgiveness. ![]() In alternating chapters, often in a stream-of-consciousness style, we hear the voice of artistic Noah at 13 and that of his daredevil twin sister, Jude, at 16. Printz Award for excellence in literature written for young adults. Parents need to know that I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson ( The Sky Is Everywhere) is a brilliant, emotional, complex novel told in two voices, and it won the 2015 Michael L. Cigarette butts provide evidence of smoking in one character's home.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. One character has used drugs and alcohol in the past. The high school teens drink beer and have a dangerous, suicidal game with tequila. ![]()
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