The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

Deb Caletti

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Random House Inc
03 October 2022

Children's & young adult fiction & true stories; Young Adult

From the award-winning author of A Heart in a Body in The World comes a gorgeous and fiercely feminist young adult novel. When a teen travels to Hawaii to track down her sperm donor father, she discovers the truth about him, about the sunken shipwreck that's become his obsession, and most of all about herself.

Harper Proulx has lived her whole life with unanswered questions about her anonymous sperm donor father. She's convinced that without knowing him, she can't know herself. When a chance Instagram post connects Harper to a half sibling, that connection yields many more and ultimately leads Harper to uncover her father's identity.

So, fresh from a painful breakup and still reeling with anxiety that reached a lifetime high during the pandemic, Harper joins her newfound half siblings on a voyage to Hawaii to face their father. The events of that summer, and the man they discover-a charismatic deep-sea diver obsessed with solving the mystery of a fragile sunken shipwreck-will force Harper to face some even bigger questions- Who is she? Is she her DNA, her experiences, her successes, her failures? Is she the things she loves-or the things she hates? Who she is in dark times? Who she might become after them?

By: Deb Caletti
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 139mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780593485507
ISBN 10: 0593485505
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 03 October 2022
Recommended Age: From 14 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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. twitter @debcaletti instagram debcaletti

Reviews for The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

This gorgeous coming-of-age novel thoughtfully examines questions of identity, family, kindness, and a longing for connection. Framed by Harper's narrative voice, presented in what is often a whirlwind of nonstop thoughts, the story also deftly and empathetically engages head-on with anxiety....An epic tale of life, love, and identity. -Kirkus Reviews, starred review