{"product_id":"calling-me-home-9780823460496","title":"Calling Me Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautifully crafted YA novel in verse that follows a 17-year-old girl's backpacking trip across Europe--filled with awe, danger, friendships, and something like love.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJenny Campbell, recent high school graduate, has spent her unrooted childhood planning for a future she can control: NYU, marketing major, big-city life. But first, a carefully mapped solo backpacking trip through Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly, the trip doesn't stay on the map. As she travels between countries and memories, Jenny begins to loosen her grip on the life she's scripted. She works at a bookshop in Greece, treks through the Balkans on overnight trains, falls in something-like-love in Rome. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt summer's end, Jenny returns to the States ready to launch her New York City future. And then, she learns she's pregnant. Choosing to end her pregnancy, Jenny tries to keep her plans--but finds she may no longer be the person meant to live them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCalling Me Home\u003c\/i\u003e is part classic travel bildungsroman (you can almost taste the ouzo in Greece and feel the wind of Ireland) and part meditation on how abortion is just one piece of a person's story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laurin Becker Macios\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.80w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823460496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2026 pg. 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaurin Becker Macios\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Miami, Florida, and has since called many places home. She is the former Executive Director of Mass Poetry, former Program Director of the Poetry Society of America, and an award-winning poet for adults.\u003ci\u003e Calling Me Home \u003c\/i\u003eis her YA debut.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Laurin Becker Macios \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48351834079389,"sku":"9780823460496","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e9ede392-49f6-4ec6-8c53-2104a8e16f18.jpg?v=1779982260","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/calling-me-home-9780823460496","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}