Love Is the Higher Law by David Levithan

Otis to come over to her, I am sure that my mother has died, that I am now going to have to pack up my books and go to Sammy's school and collect him and tell him that Mom is dead and I'm all he has now and somehow we'll get by. Shields, the school secretary, shows up so gravely in the doorway and gestures for Mrs. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.ĭavid Levithan is a children’s book editor in New York City. 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.ĭavid 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. Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. Peter, a classmate of Claire’s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents’ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he’s okay.

Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. The lives of three teens-Claire, Jasper, and Peter-are altered forever on September 11, 2001.

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.įirst there is a Before, and then there is an After.

Love Is the Higher Law by David Levithan