Printz Award Winner 2015
In a world of color and vibrant images 13-year-old artist Noah is struggling to be invisible, wanting to spend every waking moment with his sketch pad. Jude wants to be seen. She surfs, has friends, goes to parties and wants only her art to be invisible. You'd never guess they were twins unless you could see the unspeakable bond the two have. They can finish each other's sentences, know what the other is thinking from different rooms. Yet two years later they have completely traded places. Jude has become the invisible art student seeking a sculpting mentor while Noah has become a faceless member of the local clique who never draws or paints. Whatever bond the twins had is strained and almost completely broken by tragedy. Both of them are lost and seeking for something that only finding together can rebuild what they have lost. Noah is hiding a secret, Jude can tell but only by overcoming it can they find their way back to one another and their lost happiness.
One of the most talked about novels of the year, I'll give you the sun is told from the different points of views of the twins. Noah from the age of 13-14, Jude 16-17. While some may have a little difficulty with the time shifts throughout the novel the story would be incomplete without both. Noah takes us through the beginning, Jude through the end. With as much hype and conversation as this book has generated it is no wonder that it has already been optioned by Warner Brothers to become a feature film. Author Jandy Nelson talks about who she would envision in the film as well as different aspects of the novel in the interview found at the following link:
http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/may/01/jandy-nelson-ill-give-you-the-sun-interview
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