The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan

On the Inside (Megan): This is the Megan who was mentioned in the previous chapter! So, I’m piecing it together right now. Honestly, sometimes I wish I was lesbian just because I get along so much better with girls and they’re more romantic than boys. Also, there was a song about how Diana wishes Elizabeth would see that a girl was better than all the boys she’s dated. Thinking you’re not good enough for someone, wishing you could find someone whom you meant the entire world to (or maybe, like, 55% of the world to because too much is never a good thing) and the crushing disappointment of never being the answer. Love Songs for Elizabeth (Diana): The feelings of love-ugh, my heart. But it’s so hard to do so too! Like Mary, I think it would be nice to have some help. Similar to Pete though, I’ve started to just accept that I’m always going to look this way and, yeah, wearing clothes is annoying because I look like a baby elephant in all of them but perhaps there are other things I should focus on. Tinder Heart (Mary): I can definitely relate to both Mary and Pete (her boyfriend) regarding body image. Smoking is not good for health, oh my god! Even if someone you love tells you to do it! Smoking (Daniel): I really liked what Daniel said about knowing that there will be things he loves now that he will miss later (he’s in his senior year).

I’ll just go by each character’s chapter and the notes below are my annotations as I read.

And since it was more poetry than anything, I can’t be bothered to go into the different categories (“Plot and Pacing,” “Characters” and “Writing Style”). I can’t really write a detailed summary of this because each chapter was a different character and I had to piece together everyone’s stories to understand the bigger picture. A collection of free-verse poems told by twenty voices who attend the same school.

The Realm of Possibility by David Levithan