<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 310 pages </Td> </Tr> <P> Everything, Everything is the debut young adult novel by American author Nicola Yoon, first published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers in 2015 . The novel centers around 18 - year - old Madeline Whittier, who is being treated for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), also known as "bubble baby disease". Due to her condition, Madeline is stuck inside her house in Los Angeles, where she lives with her mother and a physician who takes care of her . </P> <P> The story follows 18 - year - old Madeline "Maddy" Whittier who is being treated for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) and therefore cannot leave her house, or interact with anything that has not been "sanitized". Her world consists of her mother Pauline, her nurse Carla, and the books she immerses herself in; with her father and brother having died a long time ago . A family moves in next door and Maddy watches them from the window . Olly, the son, befriends her and the two begin to message each other online . She also notices that Olly's father is abusive and that his sister has a smoking problem . </P> <P> One day, Carla sneaks Olly into Maddy's house, and the two meet face to face for the first time . They begin meeting in Maddy's house regularly, and at one point Maddy even goes outside for a few seconds . When her mother discovers Maddy has been secretly meeting Olly she fires Carla and bans Maddy from ever seeing Olly again, but they continue secretly texting . Olly and Maddy decide to go to Hawaii together, which is the last place Maddy believes she had a "normal family ." However, Olly only agrees to go after Maddy lies and tells him that she is on a new medicine that will keep her from getting sick . </P>

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