Jandy Nelson
Author of I'll Give You the Sun
About the Author
Jandy Nelson is an American author, born in 1965. She received a BA from Cornell University and MFAs in Poetry and Children's Writing from Brown University and Vermont College of Fine Arts and has worked as a literary agent for many years. Her New York Times bestselling second novel, I'll Give You show more the Sun, received the 2015 Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature and from Australia, the 2016 Silver Inky Award which is presented to an international book. Both Sun and her debut, The Sky Is Everywhere, have been YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults picks and on multiple best of the year lists including the New York Times, Time Magazine, NPR, have earned many starred reviews. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Jandy Nelson
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1965-11-25
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Education
- Cornell University (BA)
Vermont College of Fine Arts (MFA)
Brown University (MFA|Poetry) - Occupations
- literary agent
writer - Organizations
- Manus & Associates Literary Agency
- Agent
- Holly McGhee
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Reviews
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
I didn’t like the opening sequence of this and put it down for a week or so. After picking it back up and getting farther into it I was engaged. It actually describes quite well the challenge of coming of age while trying not to disappoint parents by the choices of significant others, and significant interests that could lead to career paths, while simultaneously balancing the fondness of siblings with the urge to compete with them for parental approval.
I'll give you the sun: review I really loved this book. I loved both the main characters and how different the perspectives we got. I thought it was such a cool way to tell a story and how you literally needed both characters to know the complete story. I also liked how all the characters had different roles in each twin life and that made the story even more complex to follow because you never knew where the story was going because you were missing so many pieces.
I also enjoyed how the author created such different perspectives in these two characters and how different the reading experience was. I was really interested in the the love of art that was developed by both teenagers in this story and how that effected their life in such different ways.
I also really liked how the bond of twins were explored and that is something that i am always interested in and this book did it in such a unique way that really loved this book. I also loved how this book addressed so many hard issues in teenage years but in simple way!
I just wish the chapters were shorter but i understand why they were not!
Check out my video review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83hX2N5u2Rw… (more)
I also enjoyed how the author created such different perspectives in these two characters and how different the reading experience was. I was really interested in the the love of art that was developed by both teenagers in this story and how that effected their life in such different ways.
I also really liked how the bond of twins were explored and that is something that i am always interested in and this book did it in such a unique way that really loved this book. I also loved how this book addressed so many hard issues in teenage years but in simple way!
I just wish the chapters were shorter but i understand why they were not!
Check out my video review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83hX2N5u2Rw… (more)
I'll give you the sun: review I really loved this book. I loved both the main characters and how different the perspectives we got. I thought it was such a cool way to tell a story and how you literally needed both characters to know the complete story. I also liked how all the characters had different roles in each twin life and that made the story even more complex to follow because you never knew where the story was going because you were missing so many pieces.
I also enjoyed how the author created such different perspectives in these two characters and how different the reading experience was. I was really interested in the the love of art that was developed by both teenagers in this story and how that effected their life in such different ways.
I also really liked how the bond of twins were explored and that is something that i am always interested in and this book did it in such a unique way that really loved this book. I also loved how this book addressed so many hard issues in teenage years but in simple way!
I just wish the chapters were shorter but i understand why they were not!
Check out my video review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83hX2N5u2Rw… (more)
I also enjoyed how the author created such different perspectives in these two characters and how different the reading experience was. I was really interested in the the love of art that was developed by both teenagers in this story and how that effected their life in such different ways.
I also really liked how the bond of twins were explored and that is something that i am always interested in and this book did it in such a unique way that really loved this book. I also loved how this book addressed so many hard issues in teenage years but in simple way!
I just wish the chapters were shorter but i understand why they were not!
Check out my video review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83hX2N5u2Rw… (more)
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- Works
- 11
- Members
- 5,493
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.2
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- 303
- ISBNs
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- 14
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