I'll give you the sun

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The work I'll give you the sun represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

I'll give you the sun

Statement of responsibility

by Jandy Nelson

Title variation

I will give you the sun

Creator

• Nelson, Jandy
• trueNelson, Jandy

Subject

• trueLGBTQIA fiction
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueArtists
• Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
• Gays -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFamilies -- California
• Death -- Fiction
• trueTwin brothers and sisters
• trueDeath
• Family life -- California -- Fiction
• trueTeenagers
• Families -- California -- Juvenile fiction
• trueGay teenagers
• Gays -- Fiction
• Twins -- Juvenile fiction
• Artists -- Juvenile fiction
• trueCalifornia
• Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
• Grief -- Fiction
• trueTeenage artists
• trueMultiple perspectives
• Artists -- Fiction
• trueGrief
• Twins -- Fiction
• California -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueRealistic fiction
• trueLGBTQIA fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"A story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal told from different points in time, and in separate voices, by artists Jude and her twin brother Noah"-- Provided by publisher

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueEmotionally intense

Character

• trueLGBTQIA diverse

Award

• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2014
• Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan), Grades 9-12, 2016.
• Inky Awards (Australia): Silver Inky, 2016.
• James Cook Book Award (Ohio), 2015
• Josette Frank Award, 2015.
• Michael L. Printz Award, 2015.
• Nutmeg Children's Book Award, High School category, 2017.
• Rainbow List, 2015.
• School Library Journal Best Books: Fiction, 2014
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for High School, 2017.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2015.
• YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults: Top Ten, 2015.

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• HL 740
• HL740L

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

Interest level

UG

LC call number

PZ7.N433835

LC item number

Ill 2014

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

740

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 8
• 12

Reading level

4.9

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

adolescent