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Heartbeat

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Creech, Sharon
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Best friends > Juvenile fiction. Friendship > Juvenile fiction. Running > Juvenile fiction. Pregnancy > Juvenile fiction. Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	"Joanna Cotler Books."
Physical Description:	180 p. 20 cm.
ISBN:	0060540222 0060540230 (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Sharon Creech was on born July 29, 1945 in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She was in college when she took literature and writing courses and became intrigued by story-telling. Later, she was a teacher (high school English and writing) in England and in Switzerland. Her novel Walk Two Moons received in 1995 Newbery Medal; The Wanderer was a 2001 Newbery Honor book and Ruby Holler received the 2002 Carnegie Medal. In 2007, Heartbeat was a finalist in the Junior Division (4th to 6th grades) of the Young Reader's Choice Awards, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She has written over 15 fiction novels for young readers. She is married to Lyle Rigg, who is the headmaster of The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and have two grown children, Rob and Karin. (Bowker Author Biography)