Finding Normal
Regal House Publishing · Paperback · January 21, 2025
There are five towns in the U.S. named “ Normal” and seventeen-year-old Gemma Leonardo plans on visiting every one of them.
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- Genres
- Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens, Car & Road Trips, Mental Illness for Teens
- Published
- Regal House Publishing, January 21, 2025
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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.
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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.
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| Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens | 99% |
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| Car & Road Trips | 62% |
| Mental Illness for Teens | 51% |
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Publisher categories
- Coming-of-Age
- Friendship
- Social Themes for Teens
- Eating Disorders & Body Image for Teens
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- Mental Illness for Teens
- Car & Road Trips
- Authors
- Jen Doktorski, Jennifer Salvato Doktorski
- Publisher
- Regal House Publishing
- Published
- January 21, 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Coming-of-Age