Love Is the Higher Law
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Average rating3.7
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Ratings6
Average rating3.7
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 as his characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever.From the Hardcover edition.
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David Levithan just keeps on getting better the more I read. It's ridiculous how talented he is, jeez. This book was touching and moving whilst being light and almost joyful, and that's not something I would ever have dreamt to associate with 9/11. He sculpts characters that are understated and true-to-life, and whose stories' I find myself totally submerged in. Jasper and Peter's journey was a definitive part of this book, and it was done with such grace and reverence.
Levithan is just my favorite, ‘kay.
Love is the Higher Law is a story about three teenagers from New York City who were not directly affected by September 11th but whose lives were forever changed.
