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== Plot == Lennon Walker, referred to as Lennie or Len, is a high school student whose love for nature and band comforts her throughout the day. Her mother left when she and Bailey were young, something Lennie never minded because she had Gram, Bailey and her Uncle Big. The loss of her sister, Bailey, by arrhythmia while she is rehearsing the lead in the play Romeo and Juliet, leads Lennie to question what she is to do without her best friend. Following Bailey's death, Lennie, Gram, and Uncle Big are stuck in a state depression that takes a while to overcome. Lennie attempts to cope with her loss by leaving notes and poems throughout the town. Written on the notes and poems are often conversations Lennie had with Bailey before she died. In the midst of all this, Lennie begins an unplanned relationship with Toby, Bailey's boyfriend and fiance. Their relationship forms from a shared grief for the loved one they both lost. While their relationship is forming, a new boy in the town appears, Joe Fountaine, a half French, musically-talented, goregous, and positive friend who helps Lennie almost forget about her sister's death. Joe visits Lennie every morning and brings the same thing, chocolate croissants. He starts to become friends with Gram and Uncle Big during his constant visits and slowly, Lennie and Joe fall in love over their love for music. Toby visits Lennie often, in between Joe's visits and their lustful and secretive relationship creates an awkward situation for Lennie as she resents him but at the same time welcomes his lust for her. As Lennie falls in love with Joe, she hates herself even more with what is going on with her and Toby because she believes that their relationship is unhealthy and wrong, something Toby is also aware of. The novel progresses with Lennie and Joe in love and together. Lennie also discovers more about her mother and how Bailey was desperate to find her before her death, leaving Lennie confused because this was something she never discussed with her. One day, Toby visits Lennie because he is feeling bad and wants to someone to talk to. To comfort him, Lennie kisses Toby on the lips. She feels Toby stiffen up and when she looks up, she sees Joe is watching her. Hearbroken, Joe leaves, ending their relationship as Lennie discovers that Bailey was pregnant with Toby's baby. Lennie brings Joe some of Gram's luscious roses to get him back, but doesn't succeed. Gram finds out that Lennie cut her roses and becomes furious, telling her she has become selfish. This makes Lennie realize she has to change because very often her grandmother praises instead of criticizing. Now that she's criticizing, Lennie's realized she had made a horrible mistake to anger her grandmother and put aside her feelings. To make it even, Lennie apologizes to her grandmother and gives her a copy of Wuthering Heights, Lennie's favorite book. Lennie tells Gram to chop it up with a pair of gardening shears so they'll be emotionally even. After, Lennie tells Gram, "He () hates me," Gram reassures that Joe doesn't hate her, in fact, Joe is in love. Finally, Lennie is determined to write a letter expressing her feelings for Joe and she decides to leave the letter where she know Joe will look. Joe goes back to where he found the letter while Lennie is there crying and thinking she'll never get Joe back. Joe tells her that he forgives her and they kiss, with Lennie promising to never put anyone else's feelings aside. The book ends with Joe and Lennie happily together. Toby and Lennie decide to become good friends and go to visit Bailey's grave to say sorry. Bailey's grave was near the river so she could hear and smell the water. It also had a cabinet, so they could give Bailey things. Once, on her own, she visits Bailey's grave with the letters Gram had written to their mother and throws away the "Lennie plant" into the river. The "Lennie plant" is a plant that Gram had believed depicted how Lennie was feeling. Lennie walks away from the grave and river with a smile, knowing that her sister would have forgiven her and that the only way to deal with grief was to accept that it is a part of you and to look ahead to the future for your loved ones. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Sky Is Everywhere」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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