Searching for David's Heart

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Searching for David's Heart is a young-adult novel by Cherie Bennett. It was made into a made-for-TV movie that premiered on ABC Family in 2004. It is about a teenage girl, Darcy Deeton (played by Danielle Panabaker), who is dealing with the death of her brother, David. She goes on a journey with her best friend Sam (Ricky Ullman) to find the person who received David's heart. In the movie, Darcy Deeton's brother is killed when he runs in front of a car on Darcy's birthday. She goes through life always thinking that it was her fault that her brother is dead. Darcy's mother and father decide to donate his organs, including his heart, to a transplant organization. She and her best friend, Sam, set out on a quest to find the person who got his heart and see if he has any of the characteristics of her brother. It is adapted from the novel of the same name published by Scholastic in 1998. The author is a screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and columnist for the San Diego Union-Tribune and other Copley newspapers.