num_pages: 178
description: Before Heart's Delight, I was a boy, he thinks.Before Heart's Delight, I was a childWhen he first saw Ann-Katrin on the bus, he was mesmerized, captivated, consumed.But that was before.Now he sits alone in his room, a sixteen-year-old boy, waiting for her to call. Wishing for her to tell him it was real. It was as perfect as he imagined. But the phone sits silently.The boy continues to wait, systematically destroying all of the objects from their short-lived relationship. He rips up the bus pass from their first meeting.The phone is quiet.He throws the pot of lemon balm she gave him over the edge of the balcony.No phone call.He tosses the black Frisbee and the Swiss Army knife over too.Still the phone stays silent.As he plays their relationship over in his mind like a movie, he wonders: What if his heart's delight doesn't call? Will life be worth living then?
language: English
title: Heart's Delight
titlecomplete: Heart's Delight
genres: Fiction, Swedish Literature, Contemporary, Teen, Young Adult, Read For School, Childrens, Romance, Novels, School
ratings_count: 1408
series: Hjärtans fröjd
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Zilveren Zoen, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch
publisher: Simon Pulse