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Theodore Finch thinks about death and ways to end his life. Violet Markey grieves for her sister. She counts the days until she can finish school. She hopes to leave her small town in Indiana. She wants to escape its painful memories, too. They meet on the edge of their school's bell tower. It is not clear who saves whom.

A school task pairs them to explore Indiana's natural sites. Their bond gives Finch room to be himself. Violet starts to find joy in daily life again. Yet as she finds new reasons to live, Finch struggles more. He longs to shield her from pain. He wants to keep their happy moments safe.

Jennifer Niven wrote this love story for young adults. It deals with grief, suicide, love, and finding purpose. Its two high school leads share humour and pain. Mihaela Apetrei translated this edition of All The Bright Places.

Niven also wrote The Ice Master, a nonfiction book. She wrote four Velva Jean novels, too. Her first nonfiction book inspired TV films about real events. These came from Germany, Canada, and Britain. She founded Germ, an online magazine for teen girls. The magazine also appears in this novel. The novel won the 2015 Goodreads award for young adult fiction. It also gained nominations for two prizes. These were the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.