A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti - ISBN: 9781481415200
Hardcover
Running across America, a girl confronts trauma and reclaims her life.

A Heart in a Body in the World

  • Hardcover

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    1 March 2019

Summary

When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run?

So that’s what Annabelle does—she runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. She’s not ready to think about the why yet, just the how—muscles burning, heart pumping, feet pounding the earth. But no matter how hard she tries, she can’t outrun the tragedy from the past year, or the person—The Taker—that …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781481415200
ISBN-10:1481415204
Author:Deb Caletti
Publisher:Simon & Schuster
Imprint:Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:1 March 2019
Weight:447g
Dimensions:210mm x 140mm x 30mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“This is, quite simply, a book everyone should read right now.”

“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




“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 *

About The Author

Deb Caletti

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.

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