This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven. But as Violet's world grows, Finch's begins to shrink. And it's only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It's only with Violet that Finch can be himself-a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who's not such a freak after all.
When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it's unclear who saves whom. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister's recent death. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 4.8 (180) Paperback (Reprint) 9.99 10.99 Save 9 Hardcover 16.99 Paperback 9.99 eBook 8.99 Audiobook 0.
But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. A compelling and beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy whos drawn to death. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning! All the Bright Places Paperback 8 January 2015 by Jennifer Niven (Author) 10,436 ratings See all formats and editions Paperback Now a major Netflix film starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith. (Jan.The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.
Agent: Kerry Sparks, Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency. The journey to, through, and past tragedy is romantic and heartbreaking, as characters and readers confront darkness, joy, and the possibilities-and limits-of love in the face of mental illness. In her YA debut, adult author Niven ( Velva Jean Learns to Drive) creates a romance so fresh and funny that it seems like it could save Finch she also makes something she foreshadows from the first line surprising. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Buy Study Guide All the Bright Places Metaphors and Similes Eight Steps to Surviving Quicksand (metaphor) When Finch moves into his closet after he and Violet oversleep at Purina Tower, and she is banned from seeing him, he fixates on this list about how to survive quicksand. Violet is equally smart, and as they traverse Indiana for a geography project, looking for “wonders,” they flirt, argue, admit dark secrets, and fall in love. While Finch, aka “Theodore Freak,” is a marginal presence in their high school, he’s smart and handsome-a musician who, readers gradually realize, suffers from undiagnosed manic depression. Finch thinks about suicide every day Violet was happy until her sister died in a car crash. It’s more dark-cute than meet-cute, which also describes the book. Seniors Theodore Finch and Violet Markey run into each other on their school bell tower, contemplating what it would be like to jump.
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