Every Day by David Levithan Review

   Over the past month, I have had the pleasure in reading Every Day by David Levithan. This novel is based around the life of A. A does not live an ordinary life by any means. They travel into a different persons body every day that is the same age and relatively in the same area. A does not have a gender since they can go into boy and girl bodies and they have no say in the matter. A starts the book in one persons body and falls in love with that persons girlfriend. Through out the duration of the book, A is trying to figure out how they can maintain a relationship with her since A changes bodies every day and struggles telling her the situation that they face, since she is the first person that they have ever told. The book also interwinds the life of one of the bodies that A resided in for a day and how that effected his life.
   As I was reading this book, I thought of how it would be a good book for adolescents to read. It covers topics such as relationships, bullying, abuse, depression, anxiety and anything else that you can name that would be happening in numerous adolescents lives, since A has to live out their lives for a day.
   One aspect that I thought teens would really get a lot from is to try and make someones lives better. Even though we are not living the same hectic life that A is, we can still try our best. One of their missions that they reference through out the novel is that they want to try to positively impact each persons lives while they are living as them for the day. Whether this is from reaching out to a parent about depression and thoughts of suicide or reconnecting the adolescents with other family members that they may be distant from. I found this to be a good lesson since it seems like there is so much negativity in the world these days and that spreading kindness is one way to better yourself and society.
   Overall, I would recommend this book. It had an interesting plot that made me want to keep reading and made it hard to put the book down. I was disappointed by the ending but I think it was the most feasible option for the characters. After reading the book, I found out that the book has a sequel and I am interested in reading it, since it is based on the view of the love interest in this book.