Young Adult Literature; Coming-Of-Age; Family Drama
Sure, this is a love story, but the climax isn't when Lennie and Joe Fontaine finally lock lips—it's when Lennie and Gram finally talk to each other. The only way the Walker family can begin to heal from Bailey's death is for them to reconnect. The tension of whether the Walkers will get to that point—all the scenes of Lennie avoiding Gram and Uncle Big passing them, haunted, without speaking—put this story squarely into the family drama camp.
But that's not The Sky is Everywhere's only storyline. Lennie is definitely a young adult, and to get to the point of opening up to Gram about her very new adult-ish problems (some tough ones: being attracted to two boys at once, coming to terms with the fact that her mother abandoned her, plus terrible grief), Lennie has to do some growing up. She's more mature by the end of the book, better able to look at life through others' perspective. For these reasons, The Sky is Everywhere is alsoa coming-of-age and young adult lit story.