Annie loves to run, like the wind. When Annie runs she forgets all her worries and she just feels the wind on her face. She always runs barefoot hearing the soft and firm ‘thump, thump’. She is learning new words, she loves to laugh, to draw and most of all to run. Max, is Annie’s friend. He is on the school track team. He asks Annie to go to the track team too. He takes leaves out of Annie’s hair, he pesters Annie, and sometimes he is moody. These two friends lives entangle because of running. What they both like best. Meanwhile, Annie has a mother with a “alien baby” inside her, which is a human when born(thankfully). Annie has a new baby Joey and a grandpa who is becoming forgetful..
Heartbeat
By Sharon Creech
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 8 | W | 5 | 13157 |
Run run run.
That's what twelve-year-old Annie loves to do. When she's barefoot and running, she can hear her heart beating . . .
thump-thump, thump-thump.
It's a rhythm that makes sense in a year when everything's shifting: Her mother is pregnant, her grandfather is forgetful, and her best friend, Max, is always moody. Everything is changing, just like the apple Annie's been assigned to draw a hundred times.
Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech masterfully weaves this story about a young girl beginning to understand the many rhythms of life and how she fits within them.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN-13: 9780060540241
ISBN-10: 0060540249
Published on 12/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
Book Reviews (12)
Heartbeat is about a girl named Annie who loves to run. She runs ALL the time! She has a school assignment to draw the same apple everyday, which surprisingly gives her new perspective on her changing life. Between running all the time and drawing her apple, maybe she can find a little bit of balance in her topsy-turvy life.
I would love to read this book because it relates to me in a way... I think Sharon Creech's books add sort of a special touch to my life.
I just finished this and adore it. it is a classic Creech, and though Creech's books are all similar and written the same, each of her stories have a special simplicity in them they're all unique Thank You Sharon Creech!!!
I want his book so bad!! I've read almost all of Sharon Creech books and I need this one too!!!
This book was not outstanding, but it was a good book. I like how the author left you on a cliff hanger and I also like how she used it in the format of a poem. I recommend this book to someone who likes an inspirational story.
i really want to read this, everybody is aging that it is a good book
It's great! You should see if it's at your local library.
i so want to read this so badly like so badly
It was kind of easy to read because it was written in poem form (it only took me about 1 hour to finish) it was really good. I was kind of surprised that her grandpa didn't die.
It's a really good book. It's written in poem form!