![]() You heart will shatter into a million little pieces, but your head will also hang in shame because we all know that Levithan is speaking tremendous truth. At no time is this point more poignant then when A wakes up on the morning of their first official date in the body of an obese boy. Our hearts may be willing, but sometimes even the deepest of loves can not get past our social conditioning. That doesn’t mean she didn’t have problems sometimes getting past the packaging, because she sometimes most definitely did – and this is where we learn so much about the human condition. To me, the most beautiful part of this story was the fact that no matter what body A inhabited, Rhiannon could always tell it was him/her walking towards her because the soul was reflected in the eyes. And because this is Levithan, he finds a unique way to get the reader thinking about things like gender identity and sexuality. Drug addicts, abuse victims, religious zealots, vain cheerleaders and obese, awkward boys – A has embodied them all and Levithan finds a unique way here to tell their story and give them voice. ![]() A spends time in so many different people that he (or she) had developed a very mature, sophisticated insight into the human condition. ![]() And in true Levithan style, it oozes with raw emotional power and, quite simply stated, some beautifully phrased insights. ![]() Every Day by David Levithan is a brilliant concept for a book. ![]()
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