THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE (Cast News)

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Selena Gomez

Selena Gomezis planning a leading role in an upcoming adaptation of Jandy Nelson's The Skyis Everywhere, Deadline reports. The book, released in 2010, is officiallydescribed as follows:

“Seventeen-year-oldLennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends hertime tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey.

But whenBailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life—and,despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling tobalance two. Toby was Bailey's boyfriend; his grief mirrors Lennie's own. Joeis the new boy in town, a transplant from Paris whose nearly magical grin ismatched only by his musical talent. For Lennie, they're the sun and the moon;one boy takes her out of her sorrow, the other comforts her in it. But justlike their celestial counterparts, they can't collide without the whole wideworld exploding.”

Gomezrecently ended her popular television series, "The Wizards of WaverlyPlace" after a four-season run. In addition to her work in the musicindustry, Gomez has appeared on the big screen in films like Ramona and Beezusand Monte Carlo.