Teen Programs

LIT WITS WILL MEET TUESDAY, December 18 @ 6:00 pm

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Madeline suffers from a rare and famous disease called SCID. She calls it ‘bubble baby disease’ because she lives in a metaphorical bubble; she’s not allowed to leave her house. The only people she socializes with are her mother and her nurse, Carla. Her days are a dull repetition of virtual school, Phonetic Scrabble and conversations about books with Carla.
However, everything changes when she sees her new neighbor, Olly, for the first time. All of a sudden, she finds herself talking to him through IM, emails and quirky messages written on their windows with marker. Madeline opens up to him about concerns and feelings that she’s never able been able to talk about because of her lack of interaction with people her age. In fact, Olly prompts her to feel something she’s never felt before: love.