

Maddy is biracial half African American, half Japanese. Due to her unfortunate circumstance, Maddy has been confined to the walls of her decontaminated Los Angeles home for seventeen of the eighteen years of her life. Maddy has lived her entire life with an incredibly rare disease known as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) which makes her virtually allergic to everything. Madeline Whittier is the protagonist of Everything, Everything. She confronts her mom who said that she did that because of her paranoia.Madeline Whittier has SCID and someone moves in next door named Olly and they fall in love and they run off to Hawaii.

Later, Madeline finds out that her episode in Hawaii was caused by myocarditis, not SCID. Olly’s family later moves from LA to NYC to escape their drunk father. After she recovers, she tries to stop thinking about Olly because he represents the possibilities, something she will never have. During the trip, Madeline gets severely sick and is brought to the ER. On a whim, Madeline books a flight with Olly to Hawaii as a getaway from home. When Pauline finds out, she fires Carla and replaces her with a new nurse who tries to separate the two. Carla starts to sneak Olly into Madeline’s house so they could meet in person, something Pauline, Madeline’s mother, would never allow.

Using the means of online communication, they form a bond and start to develop feelings for one another. When a boy named Olly moves next door into the neighborhood, he catches Madeline's eye. She is cared for by her nurse, Carla, and mother, Pauline. In the beginning of the book, we are introduced to her life inside her own bubble, at the mercy of her illness. The movie is set to be released in 2017.Įverything Everything is about a girl named Madeline who has SCID (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency), meaning her immune system is faulty and she is forced to live under the protection of her airtight house. In July of the same year, Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson were cast as Madeline and Olly respectively. On June 1, 2016, Stella Meghie the movie's director. On August 26, 2015, the book was optioned for a movie by MGM.

It follows the story of Madeline Whittier, an 18-year-old girl suffering from the rare severe combined immunodeficiency, as she becomes acquainted with Olly, who has just moved in next door. This young adult novel was published in 2015. Everything, Everything is Nicola Yoon's debut novel.
