Ellie Haycock Is Totally Normal [Hardcover]

The Breakfast ClubmeetsFive Feet Apartin this big-hearted novel from debut author Gretchen Schreiber.

Ellie Haycock has always separated her life into sections: Ellie at home and Ellie at the hospital. At home, Ellie is a proud member of her high schools speech and debate team alongside her best friend and her boyfriend. At the hospital, Ellie has a team of doctors and a mom who wont stop posting about the details of her illness online. Its not hard for Ellie to choose which of the two she prefers.

But this latest hospital stay is different. Ellie becomes close with a group of friends, including Ryan, a first-timer whos still optimistic about the doctors that Ellie stopped trusting years ago. Despite their differences, she cant seem to keep him out of her head. Ellies life has never been ordinarybut maybe this time it will be extraordinary.

Gretchen Schreibergrew up between the hills of Kansas and the hospitals of Minnesota, but now calls the hills of Los Angeles home. After getting her MFA from USC Film School, she works as a professional bookworm for Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoons media company. She is always down to run away to Disneyland or a bookstore.

Honest and heartfelt. -Paste Magazine

Profoundly honest... authentic and moving. Its a story that needs to be told. Recommended. -School Library Journal

Schreibers writing comes from personal experience with VACTERL, and while serious medical illnesses could be treated as grim, Schreiber infuses the pain and conflict with hope, friendship, and a romantic interestsomeone who can see the real Ellie. -Booklist,starred

Told with sparkling wit and endless charm. I fell in love with Ellie Haycock! I think you will too. Either way.. she is totally fine. - Reese Witherspoon

Gretchen Schreiber's writing is honest, raw, and funny. She seamlessly weaves a story of hurt and humor with beautiful prose andl‹