Another Day

Starred review from June 1, 2015
Grades 9-12 *Starred Review* Rhiannon has a love-hate relationship with her acerbic boyfriend, Justin. Yet one wonderful day, it's all about love between them, and hate isn't even a blip on the horizon. But then she meets a stranger who explains whathowever improbablehas happened to make that one day so perfect. The stranger is A from Levithan's earlier novel Every Day (2012), the boy who inhabits a different body and persona each day. He has fallen in love with Rhiannon, who gradually begins to return his feelings. But how, given A's condition of being, can they ever be together? What kind of future can they have? And how does Justin fit in? Everything about relationships is examined in this thoughtful, insightful novel of ideas and identities. While this could have been nothing but an offbeat premise, it is so much morea richly developed story that takes readers deep into its coprotagonists' beings. Though Levithan considers this to be the earlier novel's twin, it has a separate, deeply satisfying identity and can be read on its own. Readers will be grateful for that while hoping to hear more about Rhiannon and A, for whom they will surely have developed a deep affection. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: A sequel to the best-selling Every Day will already be on to-buy and to-read lists; the publisher's extensive promotional plan will push it to the top.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)