Wow! Wow. Amazing narrative poetry of a very self-aware young girl. Annie is a runner and an artist. Her mother is expecting a new baby, her grandfather has Alzheimer's and is slowly slipping away, and she spends a lot of time with her neighbor and competitive friend Max. The novel made charming use of footnotes and grammar. It's a poignant and beautifully told tale, with simplicity and heart. I wept. It was beautiful.
Simple, But Good - Reviewed by Mary
This fantastic book starts off with a girl named Annie running, running, running. This book is called Heartbeat, written by Sharon Creech. Heartbeat is a quick, short, easy to read realistic book formed into a really long poem.
Heartbeat takes place in a small town with a girl named Annie as the main character. Annie loves to run, but she really loves to run barefoot. Then one day, her mother was ill and Annie thought that she may die. Fortunately her mother was actually going to have a baby! Annie kept on thinking of what the baby would look like and if it would be a normal baby or not.
This book is great, and I really think you should read it because it's short and really easy to read, plus it is a Rebecca Caudill Award nominee. I was able to read this book in a day or two because it was such a great book. I really got into it!
Heartbeat Now there is a boy named Max and a girl named Annie they're best friends. They love running bare foot, especially by Mrs. Cobber's red barn. They also love to run in the trees and over the creeks by the red barn. Annie's mom was having a baby pretty soon. They would call it the alien baby because it would always be kicking. One day when Annie had to go to school she had art. Her teacher told them that they had to draw one apple for 100 days. So then when she got home she stared drawing one whole apple. Then the next day her grandpa took one bite from apple she was drawing yesterday it gave her a new idea. So the next 99 days she drew the apple with another bite in it. Then Max one day got asked if he could join the boys running team. He said yes but the coach said you needed running shoes. But for pratice he didn't have to wear shoe's. One day Max came over to my house and grandpa gave him something It was running shoe's. Then the next day it was the big race! Annie went to watch Max run then at the very end of the race Mrs. Cobber came And said to Annie your mom is having the baby. So she had to leave the race but she saw that Max didn't win. But her mom did have a baby it wasn't a alien, it was a boy! Then everyone was happy. She went back to school on the hundredth day with her hundred apples. The very last one in the folder Was just a stem. Now that you know smoething about this book you can go read it!
Courtesy of Teens Read Too In this poetic novel by acclaimed author Sharon Creech, Annie, a twelve-year-old girl, is trying to find out who she is. A lot happens in this short one-hundred-and-eighty-page book.
Annie's mother is pregnant, her grandfather is beginning to forget things, and her friend Max is extremely moody. Annie loves to run, and throughout the book there are "thump, thump, thump" lines where she can hear her heart beat in rhythm with her feet, which are running hard. Hence the title of the book.
In Annie's art class, the students are asked to take an apple and draw a picture of it for one hundred days. At the end of the project the students are to turn in one hundred drawings. There are poems in the book devoted to the one apple.
I love Ms. Creech's writing and admire her poetic style. The characters come alive as if you knew each one of them personally. I love reading books like that; they seem so real. HEARBEAT is a simple, fun, fast read.
Reviewed by: Taylor Rector
Why are we here on this earth? Heartbeat Book Written By: Sharon Creech
Run, run, run. That's what Annie, a kind free-thinking twelve-year-old girl, loves to do. Her friend Max, a competitive and moody thirteen-year-old boy, is now giving her a hard time until the point that she has to hurt him. What will Annie do? Everything starts to change for young Annie. Her mom is pregnant, her Grandpa is now fragile and forgetful, and of course Max, more rude and even more moody than ever! And Annie, she suddenly starts to realize and understand the rhythms of life and how she fits with them with each step she takes. Heartbeat is a wonderful story that lets you explore the train of Annie's thoughts, emotions, and lifelong questions that she may never figure out. I recommend this book for anyone-people of all ages-whether you're an adult or a young child. This question will keep you wondering just as it did me, "Why are we here on this earth?"
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