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Heartbeat by Sharon Creech 2004 PDF {SPirate}
Run run run.
That's what twelve-year-old Annie loves to do. When she's barefoot and running, she can hear her heart beating . . .
thump-thump, thump-thump.
It's a rhythm that makes sense in a year when everything's shifting: Her mother is pregnant, her grandfather is forgetful, and her best friend, Max, is always moody. Everything is changing, just like the apple Annie's been assigned to draw a hundred times.
Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech masterfully weaves this story about a young girl beginning to understand the many rhythms of life and how she fits within them.
Hardcover, 192 pages
Published 2004 by HarperCollins
ISBN
0060540222 (ISBN13: 9780060540227)
Edition Language
English
Literary Awards
Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award Nominee (2007), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2006)
Annie loves to run. Annie loves to draw. These are constants in her life when so many other things seem to be changing. Her mother's having a new baby. Her grandfather is losing his memory and sometimes doesn't recognize himself. And everyone keeps asking Annie about her friendship with Max. Are they just friends? Or are they something more?
This quiet novel in verse documents a year in Annie's life and how she deals with it. She realizes that everything changes and she might have to change, too. This one's been pretty popular with girls at our library and I liked it okay. It's a story about a girl going through life, dealing with things that girls deal with all the time. And I think that's where the appeal lies.
Readalike suggestions: For older girls (5th grade +) I'd suggest Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff... another novel in verse about a young girl dealing with change (although with heavier issues). Another suggestion would be the Anastasia series by Lois Lowry or the Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, both of which are about girls dealing with everyday life issues.
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