Catcher, Caught by Sarah Collins Honenberger

After an earth-shattering diagnosis of leukemia, 15-year-old Daniel Landon sees a reflection of himself in the words of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. Inspired by Holden Caulfield, Daniel begins to question the intentions and authority of those around him in his own search for identity as he faces death. Tired of his cramped surroundings and hippie parents’ alternative approaches to his treatment, he follows the footsteps of Caulfield to New York City in search of the same eternal truths, only to discover the importance of home when death looms. A coming of age story, a love story, and a new classic, Catcher, Caught will engage the imagination of more than one generation, searching for lasting values.

Author Bio: From her Amazon biography page, "Surprise cancer diagnosis in 2009 shocked me, but I'm writing again after surgeries and treatment, inspired by all the courageous people I met that year. Books have forever lured me in to other worlds. Writing fiction satisfies my sense of adventure in the everyday of all kinds of people in all kinds of places. The mother of a vaccine injured baby, an old cowboy who ran away from a pregnant wife 40 years earlier, the 16 year old boy in a river town who doesn't want to miss his life now that he's diagnosed with leukemia. The miracle of writing for me is that mere words, albeit honed with a fierce red editing pen, can create these characters and make them friends."

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