But on August 8, everything changes, and Autumn has to rely on all her strength to move on. In the summer after graduation, Autumn and Finny reconnect and are finally ready to be more than friends. Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Readers will devour his trademark poetic wordplay and cadences that feel as fresh as they were when he wrote Boy Meets Boy (2003).Īn awe-inspiring, thought-provoking reminder that love reaches beyond physical appearances or gender. His musings on love, longing and human nature knit seamlessly with A’s journey. Levithan’s self-conscious, analytical style marries perfectly with the plot. The two have much to overcome, and A’s shifting physical appearance is only the beginning.
A pursues Rhiannon each day in whatever form he/she wakes up in, and Rhiannon learns to recognize A-not by appearance, but by the way he/she looks at her across the room. A tries to interfere as little as possible with the lives of the teenagers until the day he/she meets and falls head over heels in love with Rhiannon, an ethereal girl with a jackass boyfriend. One downside of A’s life is that he/she doesn’t have a family, nor is he/she able to make friends. Straight boys, gay girls, teens of different races, body shapes, sizes and genders make up the catalog of A’s outward appearances, but ultimately A’s spirit-or soul-remains the same. One morning, A wakes up a girl with a splitting hangover another day he/she wakes up as a teenage boy so overweight he can barely fit into his car. Imagine waking up in a different body every day.Ī is a 16-year-old genderless being who drifts from body to body each day, living the life of a new human host of the same age and similar geographic radius for 24 hours.
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