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Book review: EVERY YOU, EVERY ME by David Levithan

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Evan is haunted by the loss of his friend Ariel. Then he finds a picture in his path. Pictures of nothing. Then pictures of him. Is Ariel back? Who is this unseen photographer who is following them, leaving picture after picture that only confuse him? The story progresses through the 'found pictures'. Evan talks about his friendship with Ariel, were they were *almost* in love. Everyone seems to be moving on except Evan. The only other significant person in his and Ariel's life is Jack, Ariel's pseudo-boyfriend who is doing a better job of moving on than Evan. The central mystery of the story is finding who is taking and sending these pictures to Evan. Evan realizes that Ariel was not who he thought she was, and she was different with each person she knows (and aren't we all? I notice that each of us shows a different side to all the people we know). Evan stirs up trouble in school and with his friends in trying to figure out that pictures' mysterious source...