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Title details for Plan A by Deb Caletti - Available

Plan A

by Deb Caletti
Jorjeana Marie
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A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice. From the acclaimed author of A Heart in a Body in the World, this is both an achingly tender love story and a bold, badly needed battle cry about bodily autonomy and the experiences that connect us.
Ivy can’t entirely believe it when the plus sign appears on the test. She didn’t even know it was possible from . . . what happened. But it is, and now she is, and instead of spending the summer working at the local drugstore and swooning over her boyfriend, Lorenzo, suddenly she’s planning a cross-country road trip to her grandmother’s house on the West Coast, where she can legally obtain an abortion.
Escaping her small Texas town and the judgment of her friends and neighbors, Ivy hits the road with Lorenzo, who, determined to make the best of their “abortion road trip love story,” has transformed the journey into a whirlwind tour of the world: all the way from Paris, Texas, to Rome, Oregon . . . and every rest-stop diner and corny roadside attraction along the way.
And while Ivy can’t run from the incessant pressure of others’ opinions about her body or from her own expectations and insecurities, she discovers a new world of healing and hope. As the women she encounters share their stories, she chips away at the stigma, silence, and shame surrounding reproductive rights while those collective experiences guide her to her own rightful destination.

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  • Release date

    October 3, 2023

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593746332
      • File size: 330910 KB
      • Duration: 11:29:23

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 820
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from September 4, 2023
      A pregnant 16-year-old in an ultraconservative town reckons with contemporary affairs surrounding abortions and bodily autonomy in this timely novel by Caletti (The Epic Story of Every Living Thing). When high school junior Ivy learns that she’s pregnant, she knows she wants to get an abortion, but the procedure is illegal after six weeks in Texas. With her mother’s support, Ivy and her steadfast boyfriend Lorenzo prepare to road-trip to Oregon, where her grandmother lives, for the operation. Before she leaves, however, a classmate discovers her secret, and soon, the whole community knows of Ivy’s plan. Lorenzo decides to make the trip an around-the-world adventure, planning stops in cities such as Rome, Tex.; Lima, Okla.; and Moscow, Kan., to visit friends and relatives along the way. Through them, Ivy learns about other people’s experiences with abortion. The cruelty that Ivy is subjected to by her community is sometimes difficult to read, but her surety of her right to choose never wavers. Through Ivy’s frank first-person narration, Caletti offers a matter-of-fact exploration of abortion and its use cases, interweaving myriad perspectives on pregnancy and body agency with a deft and nonjudgmental approach. Main characters read as white. Ages 14–up.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Jorjeanne Marie narrates the contemporary first-person story of 16-year-old Ivy, flavoring her narration with a mild Texas accent. Stronger than the accent are the emotions Marie projects as a teen who's become pregnant in a town of megachurches. Ivy's shame and distress at unjust accusations are balanced by the wry humor peppered throughout the story. Marie presents Lorenzo, Ivy's steadying boyfriend, with a gravelly voice that makes him seem more solid as the two travel to Oregon for a legal abortion. En route, the pair see extraordinary sites and meet four women who counter the repressive texts and calls coming from Texas. The narration and writing give good dimension to the characters in a story that offers perspectives on women's choices, illustrating rather than preaching. S.W. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:820
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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