Titel: Everything, everything 

Schrijver: Nicola Yoon

Jaar van eerste publicatie: November 1, 2016 

Aantal bladzijdes: 310/352 

Genre: Youth literature

Thema: it’s about a girl who’s been locked away from the world her entire life. when she turns eighteen she decides that she wants to see the world and find out who she is.

Title:  the title is everything, everything I think it is because she wants to see the whole world and experience everything 

LIFE IS SHORT 

Spoiler reviews by Madeline

The little Prince by Antoine de saint-exupéry :

Spoiler alert love is everything. everything. (321)

Hoofdpersoon 1 Madeline: has a disease called SCID (Severe Combined Immune deficiency) and because of that she has never been outside she likes to read books and write reports about them online. and her favorite ‘color’ is white her whole room is white and most of her clothes are also white. She lives alone with her mom because her father and brother died in a car crash. 

I’ve read many books more than you. It doesn’t matter how many you’ve read. I’ve read more. Believe me. I’ve had the time in my white room, against my white walls, on my glistening white bookshelves, book spines provide the only color. The books are all brand new hardcovers--no germy second hand softcovers for me. They come from the outside, decontaminated and vacuum-sealed in plastic wrap. I would like to see the machine that does this. I imagine each book traveling on a white conveyor belt toward rectangular white stations where robotic white arms dust, scrape spray, and otherwise sterilize it until it’s finally deemed clean enough to come to me. When a new book arrives my first task is to remove the wrapping, a process that involves scissors and more than one broken nail. My second task is to write my name on the inside of the cover. (1)

Hoofdpersoon 2 Oliver (Olly): Olly just moved to Los Angeles he moves a lot because his dad never keeps his job Olly has a sister Kayra. Olly is very good at math and his favorite color is black.

💭 Madeline: Since we’re going to be friends, I have questions: where are you from? Why do you wear a cap all the time? Is your head oddly shaped? Why do you only ever wear black? Related question: are you aware that clothing comes in other colors? I have suggestions if you need them. What do you do on the roof? What is the tattoo on your right arm?

💭 Olly: i have answers: we’re from all over, but mostly the east coast. I shaved my head before we moved here (big mistake). yes. i'm dead sexy in black. yes none needed, thanks. nothing. barcode. 

💭 Madeline:  what have you got against capital letters and proper punctuation?

💭 Olly: who says that i do

💭 Madeline: I have to go sorry! (46)

Waar speelt het verhaal zich af: in Los Angeles 

Wanneer speelt het verhaal zich af: there are many ways to see this you could say now or the year of her 18th birthday. the dates in the books say 2015. 

Hoe weet je dat: because of the dates in the book.

Samenvatting:

Everything, everything is a book about a girl Madeline who has a disease called SCID,  which means that she could be allergic to anything. When she comes along one of these triggers she could collapse and could possibly die. This means she can’t go outside and she has never seen the world she lives in. She lives with her mother because her father and her brother died in a car crash. She also has a nurse Carla who has cared for her for 15 years and seems more of a friend than a nurse. 

One day she was sitting at her window and saw that she had new

neighbors. That evening when she’s eating dinner the doorbell rings and her new

uis at her door with a bundt cake as a gift. Madeline’s mom doesn’t

accept the cake because it can be dangerous for Madeline. Olly only speaks to

her mom at the door and asks to speak to Madeline, but her mom doesn’t allow

1. When Madeline is sitting at her desk she hears something she walks to the

window and sees Olly at his window the bund cake is in the windowsill and he

throws it outside. The next day the bund cake is back in his room and has a band-aid

and some medicine. Olly writes his email address on a piece of paper. From that

moment on, they have regular email contact. One day Carla finds out about the

emails and even messages. Madeline asks Carla if it would be possible for Olly

to come and visit her. Two days later Carla says he here when they meet for the

first time she’s nervous they talk and talk and he comes over

many more times.

One day she sees Olly arguing with his dad. His dad punches him in the face. Madeline runs outside in a panic to help. Her mom asks why she ran outside. Madeline tells her that they are friends online. Her mom finds out the next that Carla also lets him visit Madeline. This makes her so angry that she fires Carla. The new nurse doesn’t allow Madeline to be in contact with Olly anymore, because her mom said so. Madeline starts to wonder about the world outside her house. She writes a letter to her mom that she is going away to Hawaï. The last places she has been with her dad and brother. She asks Olly to come with her. In Hawaï one night Madeline has an attack and can’t breathe. Olly takes her to the hospital. Her mom rushes over and brings her home. Three days later Madeline wakes up and remembers everything. A few days later she receives an email from the hospital saying that she probably never had SCID. She confronts her mom but she denies it. Madeline checks all her medical files. She asks Carla for help. She takes Madeline to a doctor, who tells her that she has never been sick. The reason that her mom said Madelin was sick. because she was afraid to lose her because she never recovered from the accident.

Madeline decides to move out and live with Olly in New York. 

Madeline goede eigenschap: She makes scale models of building and in each one, she places an astronaut. 

‘Mister Waterman’s on his way up,” Carla says from the doorway. I’m finally putting the finishing touches on my model for architecture class. I’ve had to cut short two nights of IMs with Olly to get is done. I don’t want my mom to get worried again. The assignment was to design an outdoor shopping/dining center in my favorite style. I chose art deco because the buildings look like they’re flying even though they are standing still. (57)

Madeline slechte eigenschap: she is very curious, so much so that she lied to her mother and ran away. 

Dear mom, the first thing is that I love you. You already know that, but I may not get the chance to tell you again. So. I love you. I love you. I love you 

You are smart and strong and kind and selfless. I couldn’t have wished for a better mom. You’re not going to understand what I’m going to say. I don’t know if I understand it myself. 

because of you I’m alive, mom, and I’m so, so grateful for that. Because of you I have survived this long and gotten a chance to know my small part of the world. But it’s not enough. It’s not your fault. It’s this impossible life. I’m not doing this because of Olly. Or maybe I’m. I don’t know. I don’t know how to explain it. It’s Olly and it’s not-Olly at the same time. It’s like I can’t look at the world the old way anymore. I found this new part of myself when I met him and the new part doesn’t know how to stay quiet and still and just observe. Do you remember when we read The little prince together for the first time? I was so upset that he died in the end. I didn’t understand how he could choose death just so he could get back to his rose. I think I understand it now he wasn’t choosing to die. His rose was his whole life. Without her, he wasn’t really alive. I don’t know, mom, I don’t know what I’m doing, only that I have to. Sometimes I wish I could go back to the way I was before, before I knew anything. But i can’t. I’m sorry. Forgive me. I love you.

-Maddy (168-169)

Olly goede eigenschap:Olly protects his mom when his dad tries to hit her in one of his angry moods.

“The three of them- Olly, his mom, and his dad, are on the porch. Their bodies form a triangle of misery, fear, and anger. Olly’s in fighter stance, fists clenched, feet planted wide and firm. Even from here I can see veins bulging to the surface of his arms, his face. His mom takes a step toward Olly, but he says something to her that makes her retreat.

Olly and his dad face off. His dad is holding a drink in his right hand. He doesn’t take his eyes off Olly as he lifts and finishes it with deep gulps. He holds the empty glass out for Olly’s mom to take. She starts to move, but, again, Olly says something to stop her. His dad turns to look at her then, his hand still rigidly holding the glass. For a moment I think that maybe she won’t go to him.

But her defiance doesn’t last. She takes a step towards him. He grabs at her, all anger and menace. But Olly’s suddenly right there in between them. He swats his dad’s arm away and pushes his mom off to the side.

Even angrier now, his dad lunges again. Olly shoves him backward. He bangs into the wall, but doesn’t fall.

Olly begins dancing lightly on his feet, shaking out his arms and wrists like a boxer preparing for about. He’s trying to draw his dad’s attention away from his mom. It works. His dad lunges at him fist first. Olly dodges right and then left. He hops backward down the porch steps just as his dad swings again. His dad misses, and momentum sends him tripping down the steps. He lands in a sprawl on the concrete driveway and doesn’t move.

Olly grows still. His mom claps both hands over her mouth. My mom wraps an arm around my shoulder. I press my forehead to the glass and grip the windowsill. All of our eyes are on his dad. The moment stretches out. Every second he doesn’t move is a terrible relief.

His mom is the first to break. She hurries down the steps, crouches down next to him, runs her hand down his back. Olly gestures for her to get away, but she ignores him. She leans in closer just as his dad flips over onto his back. He snatches her wrist in his big, cruel hands. Face triumphant, he hoists her hand up in the air like it’s a trophy that he’s won. He pulls himself to standing and drags her up with him. Again, Olly rushes between them, but this time his dad is ready. Quicker than I’ve ever seen him move, he lets go of Olly’s mom, grabs the collar of Olly’s shirt, and punches him in the stomach.

His mom screams. Then I’m screaming, too. He punches him again.

I don’t see what happens next because I pull away from my mom and I’m running. I don’t think; I just move. I fly out of the room and down the hall. I’m through the airlock and out the door in no time at all.

I don’t know where I’m going, but I have to get to him.

I don’t know what I’m doing, but I have to protect him.

I sprint across our grass to the edge of the lawn closest to Olly’s house. His father is lunging for him again when I scream, “STOP!”

They both freeze momentarily in place and look at me, shocked. His dad’s drunkenness catches up to him. He stumbles back up the steps and into the house. His mom follows.

Olly bends over, holding his stomach.

“Are you all right?” I ask.

He looks up at me, his face morphing from pain to confusion to fear.

“Go. Go back,” he says.”My mom grabs my arm and tries to pull me away. I’m vaguely aware that she’s hysterical. She’s stronger than I would’ve thought, but my need to see Olly is stronger.

“Are you all right?” I cry out again, unmoving.

He straightens up slowly, gingerly, like something hurts, but the pain doesn’t show on his face.

“Mads, I’m OK. Go back. Please.” The full weight of our feelings for each other hangs between us.

“I promise I’m OK,” he says again, and I let myself be pulled away.” (134-136)

Olly slechte eigenschap: Olly can be very strict. Doesn’t leave much room for someone to do something his or her own way.

"Olly! It’s just a handstand. Against a wall. I’ll be fine.” It’s taken me an hour to convince him to show me how to do one.

“You don’t have enough wrist or upper body strength,” he grumbles.

“You used that one already. Besides, I’m strong,” I say, and flex a single bicep. “I can bench-press my weight in books.”

He smiles a little at that, then mercifully stops stalking. He flicks his rubber band as his eyes scan my body, mentally critiquing my lack of physical fortitude.

I roll my eyes as dramatically as possible.”

Fine,” he sighs, with equal drama. “Squat.” He demonstrates.

“I know what a—”

“Concentrate.”

I squat down.

From across the room he checks my form and instructs me to make adjustments—hands twelve inches apart, arms straight with elbows pressed against my knees, fingertips splayed—until I’m just right.

“Now,” he says, “shift your weight forward just slightly until your toes come off the ground.”

I shift too far and roll head over heels onto my back.

“Huh,” he says, and then presses his lips together. He’s trying not to laugh, but the telltale dimple gives it away. I get back in position.

More shift, less tilt,” he says.

“I thought I was shifting.”

“Not so much. OK, now. Watch me.” He crouches down. “Hands twelve inches apart, elbows against your knees, fingertips splayed. Then slowly, slowly shift your weight forward onto your shoulders—get those toes off the ground—and then just push yourself up.” He pushes up into the handstand with his usual effortless grace. Again I’m struck by how peaceful he is in motion. This is like meditation for him. His body is his escape from the world, whereas I’m trapped in mine.

“Do you want to see it again?” he asks, flowing back to his feet.

Nope.” Overeager, I push forward into my shoulder as instructed, but nothing happens. Nothing happens for about an hour. My lower half remains firmly anchored to the ground while my upper arms burn from the effort. I manage several more unintentional somersaults. By the end all I’ve gotten good at is not yelping as I roll over.”  (117-118)

Belangrijkste gebeurtenis: Belangrijkste gebeurtenis: the most important thing is. When Madeline found out that she wasn’t actually sick because she believed that her whole life she never got to experience anything. All because her mother never recovered from the accident. and because her mother never got any help. and it was quite a shock for her to hear that something she believed in wasn’t true.    

Einde van het boek: she finds out that she’s not actually sick. And finds her mom help. At first, she stays at home. But then she decides to contact Olly he tells her that he moved to New York. she wants to surprise him. So she tells him to come meet her at ye olde book shoppe, in New York. She hides the book The little prince in on one of the shelves and that’s the surprise.               

Mening  einde van het boek: I think the ending is fine. She chooses to see the world. And go to Olly. And live in New York to pursue her dream of writing a book. Except I don’t like the fact that she just leaves her mom. Even though she’s eighteen and she can take care of herself she has never been alone, and doesn’t know a lot about being on her own. Her mom has been through a lot and I think she needs to help her. And talk about why she did it. And she also didn’t thank Carla for her help whatsoever. 

I think the ending is pretty good but it could have been a little bit better.

Mening over het boek: I think it is a great book with a great message about taking risks. It’s a unique story. Not one you hear very often. A girl that has been locked inside a house for 17 years without going outside at all. I get why Madeline would want to go outside. Her mom very protective of her because she lost her husband and son. I think that is the reason why she did such things, but it wasn’t good for Madeline. It’s actually a really sad story if you think about it. Madeline’s mom kept her away from the world because she was hurt. Olly made Madeline see the world in a different way. And she couldn’t go back to the way it was before. That’s why she talks about the old and the new Madeline. The one who doesn’t know the world and is okay with staying inside and the one that wants to see the world. Because Olly opened her eyes. I can really understand that because sometimes I’m also scared to see the world. And let the world see me. It was very scary for Madeline when she first went outside she didn’t know anything. And when you learn new things you see the world differently every time. See reads the little prince multiple times in the story. And every time see reads it, it has a different meaning. When I was younger I read the little prince with my grandma and I didn’t understand it but now that I’ve read this book I do.

Mening gebeurtenis 1: The risk that Madeline takes is going to Hawaii knowing that she might get sick by going outside.  I think that’s very brave of her. And it’s also the reason that she now knows that see not sick

Mening gebeurtenis 2:

The reason her mom told her she was sick all her life. I think it’s very sad that her mom had to feel that way for so long. I also think it’s very sad that Madeline never really had a childhood and she never got to play outside as a kid.