Description

Everything, Everything is the debut young adult novel by Jamaican-American author Nicola Yoon, first published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers in 2015. The novel centers on 18-year-old Madeline Whittier, who is being treated for severe combined immunodeficiency, also known as “bubble baby disease”. Due to this, Madeline is kept inside her house in Los Angeles, where she lives with her mother, a doctor.

Maddy’s life changes when a family moves in next door. She watches them from the window and learns that the family includes a father, mother, daughter named Kara, and a son named Olly. Olly befriends Maddy, and the two begin to message each other online. Meanwhile, Olly’s father is abusive and Kara has a smoking problem.