num_pages: 208
description: Newbery Medalist Creech (Walk Two Moons) masterfully weaves this story, told in free verse, about a young girl finding her identity and learning how it fits within the many rhythms of life. 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 changes over time, just like the apple Annie's been assigned to draw. But as she watches and listens, Annie begins to understand the many rhythms of life, and how she fits within them. Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
language: English
title: Heartbeat
titlecomplete: Heartbeat
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Coming Of Age, Childrens, Juvenile, Young Adult, Poetry, Family, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 10117
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: HarperCollins