{"product_id":"how-to-build-a-heart-9781643750880","title":"How to Build a Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis heartfelt novel follows one young woman's journey to find her place in the world as the carefully separated strands of her life--family, money, school, and love--begin to overlap and tangle. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e All sixteen-year-old Izzy Crawford wants is to feel like she really belongs somewhere. Her father, a marine, died in Iraq six years ago, and Izzy's moved to a new town nearly every year since, far from the help of her extended family in North Carolina and Puerto Rico. When Izzy's hardworking mom moves their small family to Virginia, all her dreams start clicking into place. She likes her new school--even if Izzy is careful to keep her scholarship-student status hidden from her well-to-do classmates and her new athletic and popular boyfriend. And best of all: Izzy's family has been selected by Habitat for Humanity to build and move into a brand-new house. Izzy is \u003ci\u003ethis close\u003c\/i\u003e to the community and permanence she's been searching for, until all the secret pieces of her life begin to collide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Build a Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Izzy's journey to find her place in the world and her discovery that the choices we make and the people we love ultimately define us and bring us home. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePadian, Maria:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMaria Padian\u003c\/b\u003e has a bachelor's degree from Middlebury College and a master's degree from the University of Virginia. She is a freelance writer, essayist, and author of young adult novels, including \u003ci\u003eBrett McCarthy: Work in Progress\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Jersey Tomatoes Are the Best\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOut of Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e. Maria lives with her family in Brunswick, Maine. Visit her online at mariapadian.com and find her on Twitter: @mpadian.","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51184809148690,"sku":"9781643750880","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe2d6f0b-4550-4886-bd6c-08f8c60040d0.jpg?v=1744576544","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-build-a-heart-9781643750880","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}