Everything Leads to You
{{short description|2014 novel by Nina LaCour}}
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| pub_date = May 15, 2014
| publisher = Dutton Books for Young Readers
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| isbn = 9780525425885
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Everything Leads to You is a young adult novel by Nina LaCour, published May 15, 2014 by Dutton Books for Young Readers.
Reception
Everything Leads to You received a starred review from Publishers Weekly,{{Cite web|title=Children's Book Review: Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour. Dutton, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-525-42588-5|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-525-42588-5|access-date=2022-01-02|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}} as well as positive reviews from Los Angeles Times,{{Cite web|last=Benfer|first=Amy|date=2014-06-13|title=Review: Nina Lacour's 'Everything Leads to You' captures young love in L.A.|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-nina-lacour-20140615-story.html|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}} Kirkus,{{Cite web|date=2014-03-31|title=Everything Leads to You|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nina-lacour/everything-leads-to-you/|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Kirkus Reviews}} School Library Journal,{{Cite web|last=Mastrull|first=Amanda|title=Everything Leads to You|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=everything-leads-to-you|access-date=2022-01-02|website=School Library Journal}} The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books,{{Cite journal|last=Coats|first=Karen|date=2014|title=Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour|url=http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/bulletin_of_the_center_for_childrens_books/v068/68.1.coats04.html|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|language=en|volume=68|issue=1|pages=37–38|doi=10.1353/bcc.2014.0629|issn=1558-6766|url-access=subscription}} Booklist,{{Cite web|last=Booth|first=Heather|date=2014-06-01|title=Everything Leads to You|url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Everything-Leads-to-You-Nina-LaCour/pid=6735374|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Booklist}} VOYA, and The Horn Book Guide.{{Cite web|title=Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour|url=https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780525425885J&name=Everything_Leads_to_You|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Junior Library Guild}} The book is a Junior Library Guild selection.
Multiple reviewers applauded LaCour for setting the novel in Los Angeles without writing only about the glamour of the city, providing a "more realistic depiction of the gap between the city’s rich and poor." Publishers Weekly noted the way LaCour portrays "real pain, longing, and feeling," while Kirkus highlighted that the "sensitive, multifaceted novel creates an authentic portrayal of the ups and downs of life."
The Los Angeles Times applauded LaCour's ability to capture "the unique intensity of teenage characters discovering love, sex and intense friendship for the first time."
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|+Accolades for Everything Leads to You !Year !Accolade !Result !Ref. |
rowspan="3" |2015
|YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults |Selection |
ALA Rainbow List
|Selection |{{Cite web|date=2017-12-20|title=Everything Leads To You {{!}} Awards & Grants|url=https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/node/36172|access-date=2022-01-02|website=American Library Association}} |
TAYSHAS Reading List
|Selection |
2014
|Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction |Nominee |