Heart in a Body in the World

Description: 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.

Brief description: 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.

Review Quotes: "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