num_pages: 358
description: When everything has been taken from you what else is there to do but run?So thats what Annabelle doesshe runs from Seattle to Washington DC through mountain passes and suburban landscapes from long lonely roads to college towns. Shes not ready to think about the why yet just the howmuscles burning heart pumping feet pounding the earth. But no matter how hard she tries she cant outrun the tragedy from the past year or the personThe Takerthat 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 isnt her fault but she cant feel the truth of that.Through welcome and unwelcome distractions she just keeps running to the destination that awaits her. There shell finally face what lies behind herthe miles and love and lossand what is to come.
language: English
title: A Heart in a Body in the World
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers