David Levithan

Three New York City teens--Claire, Jasper, and Peter--express their reactions to the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, and its impact on their lives and the world.

Love is the Higher Law

Love Is the Higher Law

Georgia Carr

David Levithan just keeps on getting better the more I read. It's ridiculous how talented he is, jeez. This book was touching and moving whilst being light and almost joyful, and that's not something I would ever have dreamt to associate with 9/11. He sculpts characters that are understated and true-to-life, and whose stories' I find myself totally submerged in. Jasper and Peter's journey was a definitive part of this book, and it was done with such grace and reverence. 

Levithan is just my favorite, 'kay.

Bestselling author David Levithan (Every Day; Boy Meets Boy; Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) treats the tragic events of September 11th with care and compassion in this novel of loss and grief, but also of hope and redemption. First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . . The lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents’ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he’s okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire’s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him. Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other’s in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by. David Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption aAs histhe characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever, one rule remains: love is indeed the higher law. A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER

Carla Borralho

"And here we are, so different from who we were on September 10th. And also different from who we were on the 11th. And the 12th. And yesterday."

It's been five years since I read this book and, for some reason, I couldn't fathom NOT reading it again tonight. I'm not sure what made the need to read it so strong, but I decided to go with it. It's never an easy read, but it's one I love nonetheless.

Love is the Higher Law

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