description: 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.
title: Heartbeat
titlecomplete: Heartbeat
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, Family, Contemporary, Coming Of Age, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Middle Grade, Poetry
ratings_count: 10117
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Recorded Books