I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip.

**The 40th anniversary edition ** **of a groundbreaking teen classic**

When the grandmother who raised him dies, Davy Ross, a lonely thirteen-year-old boy, must move to Manhattan to live with his estranged mother. Between alcohol-infused lectures about her self-sacrifice and awkward visits with his distant father, Davy’s only comfort is his beloved dachshund Fred. Things start to look up when he and a boy from school become friends. But when their relationship takes an unexpected turn, Davy struggles to understand what happened and what it might mean.

“Shattering… frank… intelligent.”—*Horn Book*

“This book… should be available wherever young people read.”—*New York Times*

*“*Sophisticated… remarkably touching.*”

—Time *magazine**

* **** New York Times *Best of 1969 Book List ****

* School Library Journal *Best of 1969 Book List*

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This anniversary edition features reflections from Brent Hartinger (*Geography Club*), Martin Wilson (*What They Always Tell Us*), and Kathleen T. Horning (Director of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center), with a foreword by Stacey Donovan (*Dive*).