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A Heart in the Body of the World Review and Giveaway


Review

Life. Pain. Love. These are all things that we run from with no fixed destination. Annabelle channels all her emotions by deciding to run across the country in an attempt to overcome her struggles and trauma in life. I found Annabelle such an empowering character because of how she strives to find the strength to forgive her past and continue with life one step at a time.

Deb Caletti creates a thrumming beat throughout the A Heart In A Body In The World that keeps up with Annabelle's pace throughout the story. It's relentless, contemporary YA that takes you on an emotional journey that will lodge itself in your mind and bookshelf.

 

About the Book

Title: A Heart In A Body In The World

Author: Deb Caletti

Pub. Date: September 18, 2018

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook

Pages: 368

Available: Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, B&N,

iBooks, TBD

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 haunts her.

Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and two friends (her self-appointed publicity team), Annabelle becomes a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to the trauma from her past. Her cross-country run gains media attention and she is cheered on as she crosses state borders, and is even thrown a block party and given gifts. The support would be nice, if Annabelle could escape the guilt and the shame from what happened back home. They say it isn’t her fault, but she can’t feel the truth of that.

Through welcome and unwelcome distractions, she just keeps running, to the destination that awaits her. There, she’ll finally face what lies behind her—the miles and love and loss…and what is to come.

 

About the Author

Deb Caletti is an award-winning author and National Book Award finalist. Her many books for young adults include The Nature of Jade, Stay, The Last Forever, Essential Maps for the Lost, and Honey, Baby Sweetheart, winner of the Washington State Book award, the PNBA Best Book Award, and a finalist for the California Young Reader Medal and the PEN USA Award. Her books for adults include He’s Gone, The Secrets She Keeps, and her most recent release, What’s Become of Her.

Deb grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, and now lives with her family in Seattle.

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Giveaway

3 Winners will receive a A Heart In A Body In The World, US Only.

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