I'll Give You the Sun: List 1: The Invisible Museum (1)-The History of Luck (1)

by Jandy Nelson
Jude and Noah are talented, artistic, impassioned teenagers—and fraternal twins. In this novel, they take turns telling the story of how their family falls apart—and comes together again.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: List 1: The Invisible Museum (1)-The History of Luck (1), List 2: The Invisible Museum (2), List 3: The History of Luck (2), List 4: The Invisible Museum (3)-The History of Luck (4)
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  1. gargantuan
    of great mass; huge and bulky
    But I’m his son, his gargantuan son.
  2. inimitable
    matchless
    “What I meant quite literally,” she says/grinds, “is that the inimitable Grandma Sweetwine, dead and gone, was in the car, sitting next to me, plain as day.”
  3. bequeath
    leave or give, especially by will after one's death
    Mom says, “I quote, ‘This good book is bequeathed to my granddaughter, Jude Sweetwine, the last remaining bearer of The Sweetwine Gift.’”
  4. rife
    excessively abundant
    Art school is rife with sinister influences.
  5. affidavit
    written declaration made under oath
    And if we were allowed to talk when our work was being critiqued, and if I could get a signed affidavit from someone very high up, like God for instance, that I wouldn’t be locked away for the rest of my life, then I’d say, “Doesn’t anyone else have a dead mother angry enough at them to rise from the grave and break their artwork?”
  6. conundrum
    a difficult problem
    The voice of Felicity Stiles—signifying the end is nigh!—pulls me out of this brain-squeezing conundrum where I’m leaning toward eating the glass.
  7. lilting
    characterized by a buoyant rhythm
    She has this gorgeous lilting South Carolinian accent that she uses to give a sermon at the end of every critique.
  8. inundate
    overwhelm or fill quickly beyond capacity
    I know we inundate you with lots of theory your first two years here, but let’s you and me get back to basics.
  9. vehemence
    intensity or forcefulness of expression
    “Do you really want to transfer out?”
    “No!” The vehemence in my voice surprises us both.
  10. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
    I don’t realize Sandy’s been talking, oblivious of the music swelling, of the mother-daughter reconciliation that’s occurring in my head. I try to focus.
  11. consort
    keep company with
    Before leaving school I consorted with The Oracle: Google. Internet searches are better than tea leaves or a tarot deck.
  12. tentatively
    in a hesitant manner
    Then I knock a third time, but more tentatively, because maybe this isn’t a good idea.
  13. foreboding
    ominously prophetic
    And in this fog, which is totally creepy and cold and foreboding.
  14. astute
    marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
    She’s like my conscience or something. That’s what the counselor at school said anyway about Grandma’s and Mom’s ghosts, which was pretty astute considering I hardly told her anything.
  15. morbid
    suggesting an unhealthy mental state
    “Do us all a favor, morbid one,” she chides. “Stay out of your father’s medical journals.”
Created on Sun Dec 31 16:44:26 EST 2017 (updated Wed Jul 30 10:26:00 EDT 2025)

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