Love Is The Higher Law
  • Published: 1 November 2010
  • ISBN: 9780375834691
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $19.99

Love Is The Higher Law

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David Levithan's reputation has been on the rise after the film of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. His first novel since 2006 is a contemplative and heartfelt look at two teens who witness September 11th and one who sleeps through it. As he put it: "as the years passed, I realized that while there were some adult novels that talked about being in New York at that time, there were very few YA counterparts. Suddenly I felt the need to get it all down--to try to convey what it was like to be in that time and in that place before too much time had intervened."

Bestselling author David Levithan (Every Day; Boy Meets Boy; Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) treats the tragic events of September 11th with care and compassion in this novel of loss and grief, but also of hope and redemption.
 
First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . .

The lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents’ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he’s okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire’s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him.

Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other’s in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by.

David Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption aAs histhe characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever, one rule remains: love is indeed the higher law.
 
A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER
  • Published: 1 November 2010
  • ISBN: 9780375834691
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

David Levithan

David Levithan and Andrea Cremer met each other in Washington, DC, even though that's not where they live. Andrea was pretty certain she wasn't invisible, but David confirmed that fact by introducing her to some other writers, who were all able to see her.

Before writing with Andrea, David had never written a novel with a one-word title. His novels include Every Day, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with John Green) and Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist (with Rachel Cohn). You can visit David at www.davidlevithan.com and follow his lover's dictionary on Twitter @loversdiction. He lives just outside New York City.

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Praise for Love Is The Higher Law

  • "This is powerful stuff, honestly felt and deeply conveyed....This novel's multiple levels of emotion, trauma, and recovery nail many of the simultaneously personal and universal sentiments unleashed after 9/11."--Booklist
  • "Love stories are what the author does best. He's got two here: one between the two boys, one between New York City and humanity."--Kirkus
  • "The author's prose has never been deeper in thought or feeling. His writing here is especially pure--unsentimental, restrained, and full of love for his characters and setting."--School Library Journal
  • "A powerful story about a rescue--an emotional rescue, where three young people help one another adapt to major shifts in their understanding of the world and rediscover hope."--Horn Book