<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> American Blonde </Td> </Tr> <P> All the Bright Places is a 2015 young adult novel by Jennifer Niven . The work was first published on January 6, 2015 through Knopf Publishing Group and is Niven's first young adult work . A film adaptation starring Elle Fanning is currently in pre-production and will release in 2018 or 2019 . </P> <P> Theodore Finch and Violet Markey are two teenagers who want to escape from their small Indiana town . Violet is a popular girl who's secretly dealing with survivor's remorse, and Finch is a boy obsessed with death, labelled a freak by other students . Fate brought the two together when both climbed the bell tower at school at the same time, planning to jump off the ledge . Finch is surprised that Violet is up there, because she's a popular school cheerleader . But Violet has been dealing with the death of her sister, Eleanor, for which she feels responsible . Eleanor died in a car accident, and Violet hasn't been in a car since . She quit the student council, then cheerleading, and now cares about absolutely nothing . On the ledge, Finch talks Violet down, and Violet returns the favor . </P> <P> As for Finch, he is depressed and experiences near - constant thoughts of suicide . Morbidly, he writes out fun facts about other people's suicides in his journal . He initiates a partnership between himself and Violet for a school project in which they will explore their home state of Indiana together . Later at home, Finch thinks about Violet, looking her up on Facebook, reading about her sister's accident (which he had forgotten) and chatting online with her . Finch's family does not understand his depression, so he feels isolated . </P>

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