Being Henry David

STARRED REVIEW! "This compelling, suspenseful debut, a tough-love riff on guilt, forgiveness and redemption, asks hard questions to which there are no easy answers."--Kirkus Reviews starred review

Best Teen Books of 2013, Kirkus Reviews
2014 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
The Best Children's Books of the Year 2014, Bank Street College

Seventeen-year-old "Hank," who can't remember his identity, finds himself in Penn Station with a copy of Thoreau's Walden as his only possession and must figure out where he's from and why he ran away.

Seventeen-year-old "Hank" has found himself at Penn Station in New York City with no memory of anything--who he is, where he came from, why he's running away. His only possession is a worn copy of Walden by Henry David Thoreau. And so he becomes Henry David--or "Hank"--and takes first to the streets, and then to the only destination he can think of--Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Cal Armistead's remarkable debut novel about a teen in search of himself. As Hank begins to piece together recollections from his past he realizes that the only way he can discover his present is to face up to the realities of his grievous memories. He must come to terms with the tragedy of his past to stop running and find his way home.

Publisher: Aw Teen
Published: 03/01/2014
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780807506165
Age: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 162664 / Being Henry David

About the Author
Armistead, Cal: - Cal Armistead is a musician, singer, voice actress and independent bookseller in Massachusetts. She lives in Concord with her husband. This is her first novel.