Finding Normal

There are five towns in the U.S. named ＂ Normal＂ and seventeen-year-old Gemma Leonardo plans on visiting every one of them. Right after she escapes Children’s Hospital in Harrisburg, where she’s being treated for anorexia. Enter Lucas Polizzi, a high school wrestler with bulimia and, more importantly to Gemma, a getaway car. Sick of being told they’re sick, Gemma and Lucas team up for a themed road trip to ＂ the Normals＂ on one condition-- they can’t mention food, ever. But as each passing mile puts their lives at greater risk, they soon realize it is their growing love and friendship, not a place on a map, that will put them on the path to recovery.

Jen Doktorski is the winner of the Acheven Book Prize for FINDING NORMAL. She is the author of four other young adult novels including FAMOUS LAST WORDS (Holt), a Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year and THE SUMMER AFTER YOU & ME (Sourcebooks), a YALSA Teens’ Top Ten nominee.