Everyday By David Levithan Analysis

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“Everyday a different body.Everyday a different life.Everyday in love with the same girl.” A, a unknown person that switches bodies everyday, everyday he has a new life but only for 24 hours. A was used to his life and eventually accepted the fact that that’s how life would be for him,until he met a girl named Rhiannon. Rhiannon changed A’s life in a matter of 24 hours. Students should be allowed to read Everyday by David Levithan in school because it shows teens to put others before themselves, no matter how hard you fight somethings aren't meant to be and trusting other people is sometimes okay.
Some people are selfish and don't know how to put others before themselves but this book shows teens how to put someone else before themselves.”

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