David Levithan's Every Day Character Shares New Year’s Day-Themed Essay on Twitter
January 02, 2013
'A,' the lead protagonist of David Levithan's young-adult novel Every Day, took over the Random House Kids twitter account on January 01, 2013. 'A' used those tweets to share a new year's day-themed essay. Entertainment Weekly's Shelf Life posted all of A's writings. Check out this excerpt.
"New Year’s has always seemed arbitrary to me. When your life can change in a day, why put such weight on the turn of a year? As a kid, I would try to stay up late, but my body would betray me into sleep. Tenth grade was the first time I was away from the house, in the crowded confines of a party. Unmoored from parents, we were left to our own inexpert devices. By ten o’clock, the host and her boyfriend were in the midst of a beer-bolstered break-up. I snuck out of the party and found a solitary walk was a better place to think about the year."