num_pages: 288
description: Now a major motion picture starring Alfre Woodard, Jessica Collins, John Heard, Jacinda Barrett, Cloris Leachman, and Talitha Bateman—in theaters October 2017!From acclaimed author Sarah Weeks comes a touching coming-of-age story about a young girl who goes on a cross-country journey to discover the truth about her parents, which the New York Times called "a remarkable novel." Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me and Ali Benjamin's The Thing About Jellyfish.She doesn't know when her birthday is or who her father is. In fact, everything about Heidi and her mentally disabled mother's past is a mystery. When a strange word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi sets out on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past.Far away from home, pieces of her puzzling history come together. But it isn't until she learns to accept not knowing that Heidi truly arrives.
language: English
title: So B. It
titlecomplete: So B. It (So B. It, #1)
genres: Mystery, Coming Of Age, Childrens, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Family, Contemporary, Fiction, Mental Illness, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 34521
places: Liberty, New York, Reno, Nevada
series: So B. It
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Junior Book Award, awardedAt: -62167190400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: HarperCollins