Everything, Everything Book Report

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency is a disease that makes someone allergic to anything at any time or get really bad infections. This is what Madeline Whitter has in the book Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon. She has never left the house in the last seventeen years and only lives with her mother since her dad and brother was killed in a car accident. One day, a boy named Olly Bright moves in next door and Madeline really wants to meet him, but that would be risking her life. The different characters, twisting plot, and the suspense makes this book great to read. All of the characters made this book interesting because they all have different personalities and pasts. For instance, since Madeline has this terrible disease, she never left the house or got to meet new people. Her past is lonely and scary because she never knows when she could have a reaction to something. Madeline’s personality is quiet, kind, and she is very smart because she had so much time to read and learn. However, when Olly first gets to his new house, “Suddenly he takes off at a sprint and runs literally six feet up the front wall. He grabs a windowsill and dangles from it for a second or two and then drops back down into a
For example, when Madeline gets very sick in Hawaii, she says, “I’m out of time. My. Heart. Stops” (236-237). She thinks that she is actually dead and will never see her mom or Olly again. This makes the reader wonder if she is actually dead or if she will live. Secondly, when Madeline is home and healthy, she digs through her mom’s office looking for proof that she actually has the Severe Combined Immunodeficiency disease. Madeline does not believe that she actually has this terrible disease and she is just living her mom’s lie to keep her safe. The book is really suspenseful because the reader is thinking the same way as Madeline and does not know if her whole life is really