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Heart to heart

After her best friend, Elowyn, is in a fatal car accident, Kassey finds out that Elowyn registered to be a donor while receiving her new driver's license. Her death brings new life to Arabeth, who has been on the heart-transplant list for years. As Kassey attempts to come to terms with her grief, Ar...

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Main Author: McDaniel, Lurlene
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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Friendship > Young adult fiction.
Death > Young adult fiction.
Heart > Transplantation > Young adult fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:After her best friend, Elowyn, is in a fatal car accident, Kassey finds out that Elowyn registered to be a donor while receiving her new driver's license. Her death brings new life to Arabeth, who has been on the heart-transplant list for years. As Kassey attempts to come to terms with her grief, Arabeth begins to realize that Elowyn may not be completely gone. She finds herself suddenly sharing the same intense passions as the deceased, right down to the same boyfriend and best friend --the concept of cellular memory, where organ recipients retain knowledge, skills, or feelings of the organ's original owner. This emotionally charged novel explores complex bonds within families and between friends.
Item Description:Reading level: grade 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Physical Description:viii, 214 p. ; 19 cm.
Audience:013 up.
ISBN:9780385734608 (hc)
0385734603 (hc)
9780385904599 (glb)
0385904592 (glb)
Author Notes:Lurlene McDaniel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 5, 1944. She received a B.A. in English from the University of South Florida in Tampa. Before she started writing young adult books, she wrote a magazine column and promos and commercials at a television station. After her children were born, she turned to freelance advertising. When her son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at the age of 3, she attended a convention for diabetes and met up with the organizer who connected her with a publishing company specializing in children's books.

Her first book was Kickaroo: The Soccer Playing Kangaroo. She soon realized that writing picture books was not what she wanted to do, so she wrote Will Never Dance Again, about a girl who is diagnosed with diabetes. Thus began her career writing stories about teenagers who overcome life altering illnesses and the lessons learned. Her other books include Somewhere Between Life and Death, Too Young to Die, Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever, Six Months to Live, and The Year of Chasing Dreams. She received a RITA Award for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep and three IRA-CBC Children's Choice Awards.

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