“Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.”
Every Day by David Levithan is one of the most captivating teen love stories that I have read in a very long time. It is a complex story that takes the reader into the unknown. Levithan has created a beautiful, well-written story about life and how it changes from one moment to the next. The story has a science fiction twist in that the main character, called “A”, isn’t really a boy or a girl. We are lead to believe that he is a boy but we aren’t sure. Everyday “A” wakes up in a different teenager’s body, boys and girls, rich and poor, ugly and beautiful. “A” experiences their life for just 24 hours and then goes to sleep to wake up in another body the next day. But while “A’s" soul skips around from body to body he falls in love with a young girl name Rhiannon. Suddenly “A” can’t enjoy the rules of his life anymore and has found someone that he wants to spend everyday with, but can he? This is an unbelievable story people and their lives: the good, the bad, and the ugly. This is a story that makes you think about your own life.
This fabulous teen and adult read makes the reader really think deeply about how we love and how we judge people by our looks on the outside, not always what is on the inside. This story makes you think about what it would be like to be someone else even for a day. It is a very thought provoking, creative, imaginative story. A great recommendation!
Grades 8th and above.
