Some of the Parts

For fans of Ava Dellaira’s Love Letters to the Dead comes a heartrending story about a teen who sets out on an unusual quest after discovering that her older brother was an organ donor.
 
Tallie McGovern is grieving the death of her older brother, Nate, the only way she knows how: by smiling bravely and asserting that she’s okay. It’s only when she discovers a letter revealing that Nate was an organ donor that Tallie’s carefully composed façade begins to crumble. Armed with her offbeat best friend (a performance artist who dabbles in taxidermy) and an intriguing new boy who’s avoiding a secret of his own, Tallie sets out on a frenzied search to find the people who have inherited her brother’s organs, no matter how many rules she must break in the process. At its core, Some of the Parts is about grief and loss, loyalty and forgiveness, and finding the courage to move on, knowing that the space in your heart will never go away.

“A fierce and intelligent portrait of grief.” —Garret Freymann-Weyr, Printz Honor winner for My Heartbeat
 
“Barnaby keeps you rooting for Tallie in this gripping, smart, and often funny novel about loss and recovery.” —Kathryn Erskine, National Book Award winner forMockingbird
 
“A deeply affecting depiction of moving on after a great loss.” —Publishers Weekly,starred review
 
“A touching depiction of the pain of grief.” —Kirkus Reviews