I wanted my daughter to be able to see herself in media. “Maddy looks the way she does in the book because my little girl looks like that. “When I was growing up, I didn't see myself reflected in books very often,” Yoon tells Bustle. Nicola Yoon, the author of the young adult novel the movie is based on, says she wrote it so that her daughter could see a reflection of herself on the page. Sound swoonworthy? It totally is.Īnd the reason the story exists at all is just as heart-melting. Everything, Everything, starring Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson, is a summery teen romance between Maddy, the proverbial girl-in-a-bubble, and Olly, the literal boy next door, who just might free her from her cage (even if it kills her). One of the most anticipated teen big screen dramas this summer - and, let’s face it, ever – hits theaters this weekend.
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