Heartbeat
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RUN RUN RUN. Thatβs what twelve-year-old Annie loves to do. When sheβs barefoot and running, she can hear her heart beatingβ¦thump-THUMP, thump-THUMP.
Itβs a rhythm that makes sense in a year when everythingβs 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 Annieβs been assigned to draw a hundred times.
Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech masterfully weaves this tender and intuitive story told in free verse about a young girlΒ beginning to understand the many rhythms of life, and howΒ she fits within them.
Named one of the New York Public Libraryβs 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
βTenderhearted. Vintage Creech. Its richness lies in its sheer simplicity.β βSchool Library Journal (starred review)
βThe story soars as Annieβs feet fly.β βBookpage
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Sharon Creech has written twenty-one books for young people and is published in over twenty languages. Her books have received awards in both the U.S. and abroad, including the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor for The Wanderer, and Great Britainβs Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler.Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She and her husband now live in Maine, βlured there by our grandchildren,β Creech says.www.sharoncreech.com
