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. One character is told he was possessed by the devil, and though readers know this is false, the power struggle between good and bad in the world of the novel may read like a struggle for the boy's soul.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. The bodiless character X brags about his power to commit murder. There's some violence: A teen boy is bullied and beaten badly, and another boy is threatened with a knife and later struck in the knee with a baseball bat. This novel includes a little profanity (including 'f-k' once or twice), teens kissing, and a couple of references to sex, though there's no graphic sexual activity in the book. What matters is the love between individuals who support and understand each other. Likewise, race, class, and nationality are rendered almost meaningless.

As in the previous books, Every Day and Another Day, the nature of this premise raises - or rather erases - questions about the importance of gender identity, sexual orientation, and physical appearance. Parents need to know that David Levithan's Someday is the author's third novel about real-life high school girl Rhiannon and the character called A, who wakes every morning in the body of a different teen.

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