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The Realm of Possibility

David Levithan - Author

Expect a collection of linked student perspectives rather than one continuous account, with relationships and emotional change at its centre.

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Here’s what I know about the realm of possibility— it is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. Everything around us was once deemed impossible. From the airplane overhead to the phones in our pockets to the choir girl putting her arm around the metalhead. As hard as it is for us to see sometimes, we all exist within the realm of possibility. Most of the limits are of our own world’s devising. And yet, every day we each do so many things that were once impossible to us. Enter The Realm of Possibility and meet a boy whose girlfriend is in love with Holden Caulfield; a girl who loves the boy who wears all black; a boy with the perfect body; and a girl who writes love songs for a girl she can’t have. These are just a few of the captivating characters readers will get to know in this intensely heartfelt new novel about those ever-changing moments of love and heartbreak that go hand-in-hand with high school. David Levithan plumbs the depths of teenage emotion to create an amazing array of voices that readers won’t forget. So, enter their lives and prepare to welcome the realm of possibility open to us all. Love, joy, and these stories will linger

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Themes in Context

Many student voices

Students at the same high school tell interconnected free-verse stories about their ideas, experiences and relationships.Exploratory / explanatory

How the book presents it: The linked voices make the book’s structure a way of presenting different student perspectives; no single viewpoint or overall judgement is established.

Talk about: How do the students’ perspectives connect, and where do they differ?

Why It May Be Worth Reading

Its shifting voices can offer a way to consider how people at the same school may experience relationships and possibility differently.

What Deserves Attention

Love and heartbreak are prominent, including unrequited love and complicated relationships; these emotional situations may be worth noting if they are currently sensitive for your reader.

A Conversation Worth Having

Which student’s way of seeing relationships or possibility feels most familiar to you, and what makes their perspective different from the others?

Reading Approach

Try reading a few linked stories at a time, pausing to notice whose voice is speaking and how each perspective connects with the others.

Confidence & Basis

Theme indicators describe how the book presents a topic; they are not a verdict on the whole book or your family's values. Confidence reflects how much book-specific material was checked. Only part of the book information was available, so some details remain unconfirmed.

What remains unconfirmed

Many student voices: How the stories connect in detail and how their individual conflicts resolve remain unclear.

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Checked: 1 October 2026.

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