The Anatomical Shape of a Heart

Written by Jenn Bennett

An aspiring artist's summer plans unravel when she meets a charming boy hiding a painful secret.

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304 pages· 800L

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Bookroo's summary

Beatrix Adams plans to spend the summer before senior year drawing cadavers to win a museum art scholarship. When she misses the last train home after sneaking into a hospital, she meets Jack, a charming boy who may be one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists. As they spend nights on buses and rooftops, Beatrix tries to learn what Jack is hiding, while secrets in her own family threaten to tear them apart.

From the publisher

Winner of the Romantic Times Best YA Protagonist Award (2015) Artist Beatrix Adams knows exactly how she’s spending the summer before her senior year. Determined to follow in Da Vinci’s footsteps, she’s ready to tackle the one thing that will give her an advantage in a museum-sponsored scholarship contest: drawing actual cadavers. But when she tries to sneak her way into the hospital’s Willed Body program and misses the last metro train home, she meets a boy who turns her summer plans upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . and possibly one of San Francisco’s most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight buses and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who Jack really is-and tries to uncover what he’s hiding that leaves him so wounded. But will these secrets come back to haunt him? Or will the skeletons in Beatrix’s own family’s closet tear them apart? The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett is an irresistible, deeply romantic story about a girl and boy who help each other heal and grow.

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