How grief and love can run side by side is sensitively and intensely explored in this energetic,poetic and warm blooded novel.
- The Gurdian.
LENNIE WALKER is a beautifully imperfect fictionary 17 year old protagonist from JANDY NELSON’S YOUNG ADULT novel THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE. Lost between her indifferent and grieving nature, poor Lennie faces several struggles after her sister baileys death.
Bailey, was lennie’s sister but more than that she was her friend, part of her soul, her aim and her motivation. Losing Bailey felt like losing a part of herself, LENNIE, the music prodigy was stuck on bailey, her clothes, her bed, her scent, she couldn't have another purpose until.
And until bailey’s boyfriend Toby came in the picture, He understood Lennie’s truama,they were Two broken people held by a thread that was EACH OTHER.
Personally, LENNIE WALKER herself was a kind hearted young lady who was quite fond of writing onto scrapes of paper, Stuck between 2 boys JOE FONTAINE AND TOBY, she gracefully navigated her way out of the mess and misunderstandings.
Furthermore, when l talk about LENNIE a few points and a heartfelt tribute comes to my mind following :
Being a creative and passionate poet, lennie scatter heart breaking letter and poems on scrapes of paper across town.Being a clarinet prodigy she finds consolidence in music. Formally shy and over shadowed and protected by her sister, lennie not only loses a sister but a comfort shadow she's always ducked behind.She struggles to find her own identity after bailey’s death and tries to continue her sisters aim to locate and mother that abandoned them. The story revolves around unlike most novels a strong but broken yet inspiring and brave young heroine that oh has herself to lean upon.
The story relating with several grieving people, sky rockets in the hearts and wins the favours of countless generations with its heart warming moral.