Whether you love YA contemporary or not, this modernized epistolary novel is a must-read Melody: THE WALLS AROUND US by Nova Ren Suma is told between two friends, one in a juvenile correction facility, the other living out their dreams of working towards being a ballerina… following their two very different lives that change on one very distinct night.Ĭhristine: I also think Jaclyn Moriarity’s THE YEAR OF SECRET ASSIGNMENTS does a wonderful job of portraying different voices and character journeys. As the story plays out, the before and after are brilliantly interwoven. Melody: I’LL GIVE YOU THE SUN by Jandy Nelson is also a very dynamic sibling story, going back and forth between twins, Noah and Jude’s points of views, one view before the rift between them and the other after. It’s a great reminder of different ways in which multiple POVs can strengthen a story besides just offering different perspectives on a single narrative. Traci does some really cool things with stories within stories and timelines that I haven’t seen much in YA. The key to truly compelling multiple POV narration is ensuring that the two characters have goals that both matter equally to them, and Marie Rutkoski nails that.Īkshaya: One of my favorites is THE READER. Within seconds of turning to any random page, you can tell who is speaking. And I think having the Radu POV was not an obvious choice, but I love that she went that way with it.Ĭhristine: I think the WINNER’S CURSE is a fantastic example of a multiple-POV book because the two narrators have such distinctive voices and objectives. They couldn’t be more opposite and seeing how siblings who live under the same roof turn out so differently. Melody: AND I DARKEN by Kiersten White follows siblings Lada and Radu from childhood into their teen years and follows their growth under an empire that is not their own. (I will say that things get dicey later in the series when you start getting a ton of POV characters and it gets hard to keep everything straight…) The first three books are amazing in their use of multiple POVs, which allows him to tell a huge political story through the lens of characters with goals that are very personal and specific. Katy: I think the obvious but has-to-be-said answer for me here is GAME OF THRONES. I think he’s so effective because each kid has such a distinct upbringing, as well as compelling and thrilling reason for their current predicament and seeing how their lives are connected because of the big conflict and how they each go about resolving the conflict, it makes for an unputdownable book. Melody: The UNWIND dystology by Neal Shusterman follows three kids and as the series goes on, we get more POVs. *Note: This post is done in a roundtable style where members of Writer’s Block Party discuss a topic together. Hi everyone! This is our fourth roundtable and we’re talking about multiple POVs!
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