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"Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon is a young adult fictitious novel about Madeline Whittier, a teenage girl with an immunodeficiency disorder that prevents her from leaving her house. Madeline falls into love with Oliver, who eventually inspires her to leave her house and go to Hawaii, where she discovers that she is not ill, but rather her mother misdiagnosed and treated her for 17 years. Madeline leaves home and flies to New York City, where she meets up with Oliver and begins her life outside of home.
I enjoyed this book and would rate it an 8 out of 10. I did not, however, enjoy the ending and thought it was quite abrupt. While reading this book, I simply could not put it down and found myself finishing it in a matter of days. I would highly recommend this book to others due to the entrancing nature of this novel.

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The book review is that from a website targeted towards parents who are looking to buy the book for their child and would like to know what exactly is featured within said book. The article describes the novel as graphic, especially referring to the sex scenes, but overall as a good book.The article also refers to the book as reasonably educating, due to its diverse references to both classic novels and movies throughout.
Personally, I didn't find the sex scenes to have been graphic at all, in fact, I couldn't even tell there was a sex scene, but due to this article review I actually went back and found the "sex scene". It was barely described at all and was never directly stated. I wouldn't say that the book entirely was graphic but I would agree that the domestic violence featured within the novel was fairly graphic.

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In EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, Madeline Whittier is a self-described "bubble baby," which means she suffers from a rare disease called SCID, or severe combined immunodeficiency. She hasn't left her house in 17 years, and anyone who comes in must go through an airlock and long sanitation process before entering the contaminant-free home. Her brother and father were killed in accident when she was a baby, so her only relationships are with her mother and her nurse, Carla. Madeline is calm and accepting of her isolated life, reading books, taking classes online, and playing games with her mom. That changes when Olly moves in next door. They catch each other's eyes through the window, and through a series of pebble throwing and messages on windows, they strike up a friendship over the Internet and eventually fall in love. For the first time in her life, Madeline wants more than her safe, sanitized existence can give her. She struggles to decide whether it's worth risking her life to experience it fully. Her physical and emotional journey reveals much about who she is and the lives of those she loves.

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Great Book!

This was a great book. It was not only funny and smart but it was also surprising and heartbreaking in a way. Any mature tween or teen can read this. There is few curse words and only tiny parts that could potentially be inappropriate but it is defiantly worth it because this book is wonderful. I highly suggest you read it!

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An Emotional Ride

This is a fabulous story where you feel what the character is going through. The book has great messages about living your life, taking risks, and forgiveness. There is sex in the book, written with quite a bit of detail, meaning I do not think it is appropriate for anyone younger than 15 to read.

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Simply wonderful!

This book can definitely go down on my list for best books of all time! When I first got it I thought it would be a cheap copy of the fault in our stars. Boy was I wrong! this is a wonderful story about a girl named Madeline she has a disease that won't let her leave her house the new neighbors move in and she almost immediately knows she will fall in love with the boy next door. SUPER HUGE TWIST AT THE END never saw it coming.

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Jump to navigation What parents need to know In EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, Madeline Whittier is a self-described "bubble baby," which means she suffers from a rare disease called SCID, or severe combined immunodeficiency. She hasn't left her house in 17 years, and anyone who comes in must go through an airlock and long sanitation process before entering the contaminant-free home.

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The universal theme in "Everything, Everything" is that of love is worth risking everything for. In the novel, Madeline risks her life for love when she runs away from home with Oliver to Hawaii. This is also shown when she leaves her house to run to Oliver's side when his father is attacking him, as portrayed in the lines "Again, Olly rushes between them, but this time his dad is ready, Quicker than I've ever seen him move, he lets go of Olly's mom, grabs the collar of Olly's shirt, and punches him in the stomach. His mom screams. Then I'm screaming, too. He punches him again. I don't see what happens next because I pull away from my mom and I'm running. I don't think; I just move. I fly out of the room and down the hall. I'm through the air lock and out the door in no time at all. I don't know where I'm going, but I have to get to him. I don't know what I"m doing but I have to protect him" (Yoon 135).
This is a universal theme because love and the search for love is prevalent in most aspects of the book, including the effort Madeline goes through just to talk to Oliver. This is, of course, due to the genre and style of the book, which is targeted towards young adults. The universal theme of love and the risks to achieve love is that of the fact that love is especially prevalent in American society, where marriage is encouraged from a young age and children are told that they have a soul mate somewhere in the world who is "perfect" for them. This also relates to the fact that more people are marrying for love than ever before, considering that arranged marriages are not as common as they used to be (almost all marriages were arranged up until the 19th century) and this is due to people searching for, and supposedly finding, love.

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A primary character in "Everything, Everything" is Madeline's mother. Some of Madeline's mother's personality traits are reliability, intelligent, and habituality. Her motivations may be that she loves her daughter and wants to provide and care for her, and may be enforced slightly by her mental state.
She ultimately creates the entire plot by containing her daughter, Madeline, in her house due to her belief that Madeline had SCID, an autoimmune disorder. Due to this, Madeline and her mother are very close, as shown in the lines, "I've never lied to my mom. I've never had a reason to and I don't think I know how to,"
(Yoon 27). She then later fires Madeline's nurse and probable best friend due to Madeline risking her life for Oliver, whom the nurse had been allowing to see Madeline secretly. She also bans Madeline from seeing Oliver and completely restricts her which motivates Madeline to leave her house and life behind in search of love.
The reason that Madeline's mother developed PTSD and diagnosed Madeline with SCID is that of the sudden and violent death of her husband and son. I can relate to the grief due to multiple family members of mine passing away unexpectedly, but I can't relate in the way that it wasn't anyone in my immediate family. I cannot fathom that grief that this character faced when both her son and husband died and she was left with a baby girl.

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Cosola, Mary. "Everything, Everything." Book Review. Common Sense Media, 25 Sept. 2015. Web.
Yoon, Nicola. Everything, Everything. London: Corgi Children's, 2017. Print.