New Releases by David Levithan

“Witty, romantic, and deeply satisfying.” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow From award-winning, bestselling author David Levithan and beloved, acclaimed singer-songwriter Jens Lekman comes a charming, tender novel about an unlucky-in-love wedding singer trying to find the right words to save his relationship J is an accidental wedding singer. Unlike most wedding singers, he writes an original song for every couple—his way of finding out about the small, strange things that brought them together and the hopeful, vulnerable feelings they’re experiencing. J’s own love life is in a state of flux. His girlfriend is off to New York for work, and as her life grows bigger and busier without him in it, he finds it harder to stick to a happy tune. He doesn’t know whether to encourage the soon-to-be-wed couples or warn them. When complications hit and love is tested, is there any way to sing through all the noise? Combining David Levithan’s deeply observant storytelling and Jens Lekman’s inventive and touching original songs, Songs for Other People’s Weddings is a tender, honest novel that tracks love through all its chord changes, never forgetting that the best songs contain the bitter and the sweet, the despair of losing it all and the euphoria of being found. “Surprising, funny, compassionate—Songs for Other People''s Weddings Is not just lyrical, it sings.” —Steven Rowley, New York Times bestselling author of The Celebrants and The Guncle “A hilarious, heartfelt, and tremendously wise exploration of love in all its beguiling and bittersweet absurdity.” —Grant Ginder, author of The People We Hate at the Wedding

You Know Me Well is a deeply honest story about navigating the joys and heartaches of first love, one truth at a time. Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really? Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed. That is until Kate spots Mark miles away from home, out in the city for a wild, unexpected night. Kate is lost, having just run away from a chance to finally meet the girl she has been in love with from afar. Mark, meanwhile, is in love with his best friend Ryan, who may or may not feel the same way. When Kate and Mark meet up, little do they know how important they will become to each other -- and how, in a very short time, they will know each other better than any of the people who are supposed to know them more. Told in alternating points of view by Nina LaCour, the award-winning author of Hold Still and The Disenchantments, and David Levithan, the bestselling author of Every Day and co-author of Nick and Norah''s Infinite Playlist (with Rachel Cohn) and Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with John Green).

Un roman épistolaire bouleversant, par l''autrice de Tous nos jours parfaits et l''auteur de A comme Aujourd''hui. Bea et son frère Ezra ont toujours été là l''un pour l''autre. Même dans les moments les plus difficiles où le mot "famille" semblait vidé de tout sens. Mais un matin, Bea n''est plus là. Elle est partie sans un mot, sans laisser de lettre, juste une adresse mail cachée à l''intention d''Ez...

From the New York Times bestselling author of EVERY DAY, this is a queer love story for the ages--told over the course of a couple''s first ten dates. When a blue-haired boy (Ryan) meets a pink-haired boy (Avery) at a dance--a queer prom--both feel an inexplicable but powerful connection. Follow them through their first ten dates as they bridge their initial shyness and fall in love--through snowstorms, groundings, meeting parents (Avery''s) and not (Ryan''s), cast parties, heartbreak, and every day and date in between.

Winner of the 2024 Michael L. Printz Award A National Bestseller From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-Marie McLemore and Jason Reynolds, an anthology of stories about remarkable people and their strange and surprising collections. From David Levithan’s story about a non-binary kid collecting pieces of other people’s collections to Jenny Torres Sanchez''s tale of a girl gathering types of fire while trying not to get burned to G. Neri''s piece about 1970''s skaters seeking opportunities to go vertical—anything can be collected and in the hands of these award-winning and bestselling authors, any collection can tell a story. Nine of the best YA novelists working today have written fiction based on a prompt from Printz-winner A.S. King (who also contributes a story) and the result is itself an extraordinary collection. M. T. Anderson, e. E. Charlton-Trujillo, A.S. King, David Levithan, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, G. Neri, Jason Reynolds, Randy Ribay, and Jenny Torres Sanchez have each penned a surprising and provocative tale. (Cover art may vary.)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, this is a queer love story set against the backdrop of the 2024 presidential election, in a reimagining of David Levithan’s 2004 novel Wide Awake. When David Levithan published Wide Awake in 2004, he set it in an imagined 2024, where a gay Jewish man had just been elected president of the United States, until a governor decides that some election results in his state are invalid, awarding crucial votes to the other candidate and his fellow party member. What follows is the story of teens Jimmy and Duncan as they explore their relationship, their politics, and their country. In Wide Awake Now, David Levithan is flipping the script and rewriting Jimmy and Duncan’s story in the real 2024, rather than his imagined version. This is a protest novel for today. Once again, David Levithan proves the critical importance of standing up for what you believe in and the cost of apathy in today’s political climate.

A Netflix tie-in edition of the whirlwind holiday romance between cynical Dash and optimistic Lily who trade dares, dreams and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City. It''s Christmas-time and Lily, an unlucky-in-love 16-year-old, listens to the advice of her lucky-in-love brother and leaves her red notebook on her favourite bookshop shelf. The book, and the dares inside it, have Lily waiting for the right guy to come along and rise to the challenge. When Dash finds her notebook on the shelves of The Strand bookstore, he accepts her challenge. As they begin to send each other on a scavenger hunt all across Manhattan, Dash and Lily are falling in love with each other on the page. Discovering if they have the same chemistry in person could be their biggest dare yet. A Netflix tie-in edition of the gorgeous notebook-swapping holiday romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah''s Infinite Playlist!

A bold, timely novel about speaking up and coming out as parents lobby to ban a beloved book from the school curriculum by New York Times-bestselling author David Levithan. When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn''t think his mom would read it—much less have a problem with it. It''s just an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius...right? But soon the entire town is freaking out about whether the book''s main characters are gay, Donovan''s mom is trying to get the book removed from the school curriculum, and Donovan is caught in the middle. Donovan doesn''t really know if the two boys fall in love at the end or not—but he does know this: even if they do, it shouldn''t matter. The book should not be banned from school. Interweaving three connected storylines, David Levithan delivers a bold, fun, and timely story about taking action (whether it''s against book censors or deadly alligators...), being brave, and standing up for what''s right.

New York Times bestselling author David Levithan takes young readers on twisting journey through truth, reality, and fantasy and belief. Aidan disappeared for six days. And just as suddenly as he vanished, Aidan reappears. Where has he been? The story he tells is simply. . . impossible. But it''s the story Aidan is sticking to. His brother, Lucas, wants to believe him. But Lucas is aware of what other people, including their parents, are saying: that Aidan is making it all up to disguise the fact that he ran away. The kids in school taunt him, but still Aidan clings to his story as Lucas becomes more concerned. Being on Aidan''s side would mean believing in the impossible. But how can you believe in the impossible when everything and everybody is telling you not to?

Čarovný vianočný New York plný nekonečných dobrodružstiev. Dvojica tínedžerov, ktorá dúfa vo vianočný zázrak. Jeden zápisník, ktorý im zmení život. Lily skryla červený zápisník plný výziev na svojej obľúbenej polici v kníhkupectve. Chcela tak spoznať ideálneho chalana, ktorý by výzvu na túto hru prijal. Lily miluje Vianoce a nevie si predstaviť lepšie obdobie na prvé zaľúbenie ako práve toto. Zápisník z police vytiahne Dash, ktorý neznáša Vianoce, no zbožňuje nápaditosť. Sarkastického, samotárskeho Dasha jeho podrezané ústa na ceste za Lily privedú do vtipných i trápnych situácií, no puto medzi neznámymi sa prehlbuje stále viac. Sú Dash a Lily predurčení na to, aby spolu zdieľali výzvy, sny a túžby v zápisníku, ktorý si na striedačku skrývajú po celom New Yorku? A keď sa konečne stretnú, preletí medzi nimi vytúžená iskra?

Čarovný vianočný New York plný nekonečných dobrodružstiev. Dvojica tínedžerov, ktorej sa splnil vianočný zázrak. Jeden zápisník, ktorý ich znova zblíži. Odkedy sa Dash a Lily do seba zaľúbili medzi regálmi ich obľúbeného kníhkupectva, majú za sebou ťažký rok. Lilin starý otec prekonal infarkt a dovtedy vždy pozitívne naladenú Lily to veľmi zmenilo. Do Vianoc, ktoré Lily nadovšetko miluje, zostáva už len dvanásť dní. Dash, jej brat Langston a ich kamoši sa preto rozhodli, že pomôžu Lily opäť uveriť v jedinečné sviatočné čaro zasneženého New Yorku.

From the New York Times bestselling authors of All the Bright Places and Every Day comes a story of hope, siblinghood, and finding your home in the people who matter the most. Subject: You. Missing. Ezra Ahern wakes up one day to find his older sister, Bea, gone. No note, no sign, nothing but an email address hidden somewhere only he would find it. Ezra never expected to be left behind with their abusive stepfather and their neglectful mother—how is he supposed to navigate life without Bea? Bea Ahern already knew she needed to get as far away from home as possible But a message in her inbox changes everything, and she finds herself alone in a new city—without Ez, without a real plan—chasing someone who might not even want to be found. As things unravel at home for Ezra, Bea will confront secrets about their past that will forever change the way they think about their family. Together and apart, broken by abuse but connected by love, this brother and sister must learn to trust themselves before they can find a way back to each other.

The groundbreaking story by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini that inspired the Tony-nominated Broadway musical--now adapted in a graphic novel by #1 New York Times best-selling author David Levithan. Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the girl he can never have, and dryly notes the small humiliations that come his way. Until the day he learns about the "squip." A pill-sized supercomputer that you swallow, the squip is guaranteed to bring you whatever you most desire in life. By instructing him on everything from what to wear, to how to talk and walk, the squip transforms Jeremy from geek to the coolest guy in class. Soon he is friends with his former tormentors and has the attention of the hottest girls in school. But Jeremy discovers that there is a dark side to handing over control of your life--and it can have disastrous consequences.

A Netflix tie-in edition of the whirlwind holiday romance between cynical Dash and optimistic Lily who trade dares, dreams and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City.

For Dash and Lily, it''s beginning to look a lot like...distance! Just in time for the series release of Dash & Lily on Netflix comes a new helping of love--this time across the pond as best-selling authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan send Dash and Lily to England. Dash and Lily were feeling closer than ever...it''s just too bad they''re now an ocean apart. After Dash gets accepted to Oxford University and Lily stays in New York to take care of her dogwalking business, the devoted couple are struggling to make a long distance relationship work. And when Dash breaks the news that he won''t be coming home for Christmas, Lily makes a decision: if Dash can''t come to her, she''ll join him in London. It''s a perfect romantic gesture...that spins out of Lily''s control. Soon Dash and Lily are feeling more of a gap between them, even though they''re in the same city. Will London bring them together again--or will it be their undoing?

"Tienes que leerlo". RAINBOW ROWELL, autora de ELEANOR Y PARK Craig y Harry tienen diecisiete años, un pasado en común y un objetivo actual: batir el récord del beso más largo de la historia. Y, de paso, demostrar que dos chicos besándose es algo completamente normal. "Ese es el poder de un beso: no puede matarte, pero sí devolverte a la vida".

The New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, Someday, and Two Boys Kissing is back with a short story collection about love! A resentful member of a high school Quiz Bowl team with an unrequited crush. A Valentine''s Day in the life of Every Day''s protagonist "A." A return to the characters of Two Boys Kissing. 19 Love Songs, from New York Times bestselling author David Levithan, delivers all of these stories and more. Born from Levithan''s tradition of writing a story for his friends each Valentine''s Day, this collection brings all of them to his readers for the first time. With fiction, nonfiction, and a story in verse, there''s something for every reader here. Witty, romantic, and honest, teens (and adults) will come to this collection not only on Valentine''s Day, but all year round.

Celebrate all the ways love makes us who we are with the sequel to the New York Times bestseller Every Day, now a major motion picture. Every day a new body. Every day a new life. Every day a new choice. For as long as A can remember, life has meant waking up in a different person''s body every day, forced to live as that person until the day ended. A always thought there wasn''t anyone else who had a life like this. But A was wrong. There are others. A has already been wrestling with powerful feelings of love and loneliness. Now comes an understanding of the extremes that love and loneliness can lead to -- and what it''s like to discover that you are not alone in the world. In Someday, David Levithan takes readers further into the lives of A, Rhiannon, Nathan, and the person they may think they know as Reverend Poole, exploring more deeply the questions at the core of Every Day and Another Day: What is a soul? And what makes us human?

Will Grayson tiene dos reglas en la vida: guardar silencio y no implicarse en nada. Sin embargo, su mejor amigo, Tiny Cooper, está decidido a buscarle novia y a montar su musical autobiográfico: Tiny Dancer. Muy cerca de él hay otro Will Grayson: un chico melancólico que no tiene nada bueno a lo que agarrarse. Lo único que hace que su vida merezca la pena es su relación online con Isaac, al que nunca ha visto en persona. Una fría noche de invierno, los dos Will Grayson se cruzarán en una esquina cualquiera de Chicago. Por suerte para ambos, Tiny está decidido a empujarlos hacia la felicidad, el amor y, por supuesto, el musical más fabuloso jamás representado en un instituto. Divertidísima, conmovedora y profundamente perspicaz, la novela de John Green y David Levithan reflexiona sobre la amistad y la identidad con todo el humor y la emoción propios de dos maestros del género. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Two award-winning and New York Times–bestselling author join forces for a collaborative novel of awesome proportions. One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical. Hilarious, poignant, and deeply insightful, John Green and David Levithan’s collaborative novel is brimming with a double helping of the heart and humor that have won them both legions of faithful fans. A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice.-An ALA Stonewall Honor Book “Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a complete romp. [It is] so funny, rude and original that by the time flowers hit the stage, even the musical-averse will cheer.” —The New York Times Book Review ★“Will have readers simultaneously laughing, crying and singing at the top of their lungs.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review “It is such a good book. [Green and Levithan] are two of the best writers writing today.” —NPR’sThe Roundtable

El amor nunca es sencillo... Especialmente si eres Paul. Paul es alumno de secundaria en una escuela muy peculiar y estos son sus amigos: Darlene Infinita, la reina del baile y quarterback del equipo; Joni, la mejor amiga de Paul (aunque quizá deje de serlo en breve); Tony, su otro mejor amigo (que no puede salir de casa a no ser que sus padres crean que tiene una cita... con una chica); Kyle, el exnovio que no le deja en paz; Rip, el corredor de apuestas... y Noah. El chico que va a cambiarlo todo. "Entonces conozco a Noah y las cosas se complican. Lo percibo de inmediato al volver a casa tras la actuación. De pronto me siento más complicado. No en el mal sentido. Pero complicado".

The New York Times Bestselling duo behind Nick & Norah''s Infinite Playlist and The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily return with twins out to throw the party of a lifetime--or at least the best party of high school! Siblings Sam and Ilsa Kehlmann have spent most of their high school years throwing parties for their friends--and now they''ve prepared their final blowout, just before graduation. The rules are simple: each twin gets to invite three guests, and the other twin doesn''t know who''s coming until the partiers show up at the door. With Sam and Ilsa, the sibling revelry is always tempered with a large dose of sibling rivalry, and tonight is no exception. One night. One apartment. Eight people. What could possibly go wrong? Oh, we all know the answer is plenty. But plenty also goes right, as well...in rather surprising ways.

Pour Will Grayson, les histoires de cœur portent sytématiquement la poisse, alors autant se faire discret. Son meilleur ami, aussi ouvertement gay que corpulent, ne risque pas, lui, de passer inaperçu. À l''autre bout de la ville, un adolescent en pleine déprime assume mal sa différence. Le hasard veut qu''il se nomme lui aussi Will Grayson...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Celebrate all the ways love makes us who we are with this enthralling and poignant follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Every Day--now a major motion picture. David Levithan turns his New York Times bestseller Every Day on its head by flipping perspectives in this exploration of love and how it can change you. Every day is the same for Rhiannon. She has accepted her life, convinced herself that she deserves her distant, temperamental boyfriend, Justin, even established guidelines by which to live: Don’t be too needy. Avoid upsetting him. Never get your hopes up. Until the morning everything changes. Justin seems to see her, to want to be with her for the first time, and they share a perfect day—a perfect day Justin doesn’t remember the next morning. Confused, depressed, and desperate for another day as great as that one, Rhiannon starts questioning everything. Then, one day, a stranger tells her that the Justin she spent that day with, the one who made her feel like a real person . . . wasn’t Justin at all.

O mais novo livro de David Levithan, autor de Will & Will e Todo dia, em parceria com Rachel Cohn. Lily sente que chegou a hora de se apaixonar. Para achar sua cara-metade, ela vai contar com o irmão, que ajuda a garota a criar uma série de tarefas em um caderno vermelho. Quem o encontrar, em meio às prateleiras da mais caótica livraria de Manhattan, deve aceitar ou não seu desafio. Dash, um lobo solitário, encontra o Moleskine em sua livraria predileta, e os dois ousam trocar sonhos, desafios e desejos nas páginas do caderninho que será achado e perdido sucessivamente nos mais diferentes locais da cidade.

El spin off de Will Grayson, Will Grayson, la magnífica novela escrita a dos manos por dos de los autores más reconocidos de Estados Unidos: David Levithan y John Green. Bienvenidos, damas y caballeros, al único e inigualable musical autobiográfico de Tiny Cooper, el luminoso personaje que nos robó el corazón en Will Grayson. Desde su nacimiento hasta la búsqueda del amor verdadera (con dieciocho ex novios... a día de hoy), la vida de Tiny Cooper es sin duda el musical más increíble jamás representado en un instituto. Con grandes dosis de alegre introspección y vibrantes números musicales, el amor, la autoestima y la amistad son la columna que vertebra este drama musical. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION TIME Magazine''s Top Ten Children''s Books of 2015 "Tiny Cooper stole our hearts." —Entertainment Weekly Especially for those of us who ordinarily feel ignored, a spotlight is a circle of magic, with the strength to draw us from the darkness of our everyday lives. Watch out, ex-boyfriends, and get out of the way, homophobic coaches. Tiny Cooper has something to say—and he''s going to say it in song. Filled with honesty, humor, and "big, lively, belty" musical numbers, Hold Me Closer is the no-holds-barred (and many-bars-held) entirety of the beloved musical first introduced in Will Grayson, Will Grayson, the award-winning bestseller by John Green and David Levithan. Tiny Cooper is finally taking center stage . . . and the world will never be the same again.

Da quando è nato, A si risveglia ogni giorno in un nuovo corpo. Per ventiquattr''ore abita il corpo di un suo coetaneo, che poi è costretto ad abbandonare quando il giorno finisce. Affezionarsi alle esistenze che sfiora è un lusso che non può permettersi, influenzarle un peccato di cui non vuole macchiarsi. Quando però conosce Rhiannon, chiudere gli occhi e riprendere il cammino da nomade è impossibile: per la prima volta innamorato, A cerca di stabilire un contatto, di spiegare la sua maledizione, fino a convincere Rhiannon che è tutto vero, che quella che ogni giorno si presenta da lei è la stessa persona, anche se in un corpo diverso. Rhiannon s''innamora a sua volta dell''anima di A, ma dimenticare il suo involucro è difficile, e pian piano la relazione con i mille volti di A si fa più delicata di un vetro sottile. Nel disperato tentativo di non perderla, A tradisce le sue regole, inizia a lasciare nelle esistenze quotidiane tracce e strascichi del suo passaggio, e qualcuno se ne accorge...

Per Rhiannon ogni giorno è uguale agli altri. Accetta la vita come viene e si è rassegnata al temperamento lunatico e freddo di Justin, il suo ragazzo. Justin arriva perf ino a dirle come deve comportarsi: non chiedere troppo, non farlo infuriare, non sperare mai. Ma una mattina tutto cambia. Sembra finalmente che lui la veda, che voglia stare davvero con lei: vanno al mare, loro due soli, e la giornata si rivela perfetta. Poi il loro rapporto torna quello di prima, e Rhiannon non può fare a meno di interrogarsi. Finché un estraneo le racconta che il Justin di quella giornata al mare, attento e premuroso non era affatto Justin. In questo avvincente romanzo che fa il paio con Ogni giorno, David Levithan racconta la storia vista da Rhiannon, che vuole capire cosa sia davvero l''amore e scopre quanto può cambiarci.

It’s Tiny Cooper’s turn in the spotlight in this companion novel to New York Times bestseller Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Jazz hands at the ready! Tiny Cooper (“the world’s largest person who is also really, really gay”) stole readers’ hearts when he was introduced to the world in the New York Times bestselling book Will Grayson, Will Grayson, co-authored by John Green and David Levithan. Now Tiny finally gets to tell his story—from his fabulous birth and childhood to his quest for true love and his infamous parade of ex-boyfriends—the way he always intended: as a musical! Filled with honesty, humor, and “big, lively, belty” musical numbers, the novel is told through the full script of the musical first introduced in Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

Do universo de Will & Will: Um nome, um destino, conheça a história de Tiny Cooper em um fabuloso musical Uma novela musical do universo de Will & Will – um nome, um destino, escrito em parceria com John Green e o primeiro livro juvenil com protagonista gay a figurar na lista do New York Times. Em Me abrace mais forte, o personagem Tiny Cooper, um dos mais carismáticos da trama, disponibiliza o roteiro do musical que acompanha sua trajetória: do berçário até o ensino médio. Com participação especial do fantasma de Oscar Wilde, o roteiro revela os detalhes da vida amorosa de Tiny, seu relacionamento com seus vários ex-namorados, a amizade com a babá lésbica, a relação com os pais e o encontro com o amigo Will Grayson.