A Heart in a Body in the World - by Deb Caletti (Hardcover)

About the Book

Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.

Book Synopsis

"This is one for the ages." --Gayle Forman, author of the #1 bestseller If I Stay
"A book everyone should read right now." --The New York Times Book Review
"A vital and heartbreaking story that brings together the #MeToo movement, the effects of gun violence, and the struggle of building oneself up again after crisis." --Elle
"Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful." --BookPage

A Printz Honor Book

Each step on Annabelle's 2,700 mile cross-country run brings her closer to facing a trauma from her past in National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti's novel about the heart, all the ways it breaks, and its journey to healing. Because sometimes against our will, against all odds, we go forward.

Then...

Annabelle's life wasn't perfect, but it was full--full of friends, family, love. And a boy...whose attention Annabelle found flattering and unsettling all at once.

Until that attention intensified.

Now...

Annabelle is running. Running from the pain and the tragedy from the past year. With only Grandpa Ed and the journal she fills with words she can't speak out loud, Annabelle runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, and toward a destination she doesn't understand but is determined to reach. With every beat of her heart, every stride of her feet, Annabelle steps closer to healing--and the strength she discovers within herself to let love and hope back into her life.

Annabelle's journey is the ultimate testament to the human heart, and how it goes on after being broken.

Review Quotes

"A moving, unfortunately timely, and gut-wrenching story that will stick with you."-- "Bustle"

"This is, quite simply, a book everyone should read right now."-- "New York Times Book Review"

"Masterful... This is one for the ages." -Gayle Forman, New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay

"Caletti's novel dazzlingly maps the mind-blowing ferocity and endurance of an athlete who uses her physical body to stake claim to the respect of the nation." -E. Lockhart, New York Times bestselling author of Genuine Fraud and We Were Liars

"More than bittersweet... It will nestle inside your brain as well as your heart." -Jodi Lynn Anderson, award-winning author of Midnight at the Electric

"Remarkable." -Booklist, starred review

"A timely novel." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Powerful." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A moving novel centered on timely issues." -School Library Journal

About the Author

Deb Caletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of over sixteen books for adults and young adults, including Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, a finalist for the National Book Award; A Heart in a Body in the World, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Girl, Unframed; and One Great Lie. Her books have also won the Josette Frank Award for Fiction, the Washington State Book Award, and numerous other state awards and honors, and she was a finalist for the PEN USA Award. She lives with her family in Seattle.