All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven

Random House Children's Books · Hardcover · January 6, 2015

NOW A NETFLIX FILM, STARRING ELLE FANNING AND JUSTICE SMITH!

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Who it’s for
For when you want a grief story that still reads like a novel, not a pamphlet.
Genres
Teen Suicide, Depression for Teens, Mental Illness for Teens
Published
Random House Children's Books, January 6, 2015

About this book

NOW A NETFLIX FILM, STARRING ELLE FANNING AND JUSTICE SMITH! The New York Times bestselling love story about two teens who find each other while standing on the edge. Theodore Finch is fascinated by death. Every day he thinks of ways he might kill himself, but every day he also searches for—and manages to find—something to keep him here, and alive, and awake.

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Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her small Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school—six stories above the ground— it’s unclear who saves whom. Soon it’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink. . . . “A do-not-miss for fans of Eleanor & Park and The Fault in Our Stars, and basically anyone who can breathe.” —Justine Magazine “At the heart—a big one—of All the Bright Places lies a charming love story about this unlikely and endearing pair of broken teenagers.” —The New York Times Book Review “A heart-rending, stylish love story.” —The Wall Street Journal “A complex love story that will bring all the feels.” —Seventeen Magazine “Impressively layered, lived-in, and real.” —Buzzfeed

Why It Clicks

For when you want a grief story that still reads like a novel, not a pamphlet.

Come here for

  • a layered, teen-centered grief read
  • romance and school-life texture

Expect

  • heavy subject matter
  • some book-club talkability

Where it sits

Teen Suicide36%
Mental Illness for Teens31%
Depression for Teens30%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Romance
  • Death & Grief for Teens
  • Depression for Teens
Authors
Jennifer Niven
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published
January 6, 2015
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
YA Romance