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.
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Annie is a runner, and she's never happier than when running barefoot on the grass, listening to the "thump-thump, thump-thump" of her heart. Running and drawing seem to be her only anchors these days. As her grandfather, a former running champion, declines into senility, a new baby is soon to join her family. At 12, Annie is bewildered by all the changes, and can't even take refuge in her best friend, Max, who has become more competitive and distant. HEARTBEAT is written entirely in verse. Sharon Creech was awarded the 1995 Newbery Medal for WALK TWO MOONS.
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Author Bio| Sharon Creech | | Although born in the United States, Sharon Creech has spent many years living in England. In fact, it was while living in England that Creech learned she had won the most prestigious American award for children's literature--the Newbery Medal for her 1995 novel WALK TWO MOONS. Creech's first book, ABSOLUTELY NORMAL CHAOS, was published in 1990. Raised in a suburb of Cleveland, Creech is a Graduate of Ohio's Hiram College and has a master's degree in English and writing from George Mason University. Creech also writes books for adults under the name Sharon Rigg. |
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FootfallsThump-thump, thump-thump
bare feet hitting the grass
as I run run run
in the air and like the air
weaving through the trees
skimming over the ground touching down
thump-thump, thump-thump
here and there
there and here
in the soft damp grass thump-thump, thump-thump
knowing I could fly fly fly
but letting my feet
thump-thump, thump-thump touch the earth at least for now . . . Continues...
Excerpted from Heartbeat CDby Sharon Creech Copyright © 2004 by Sharon Creech. Excerpted by permission.
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< Click to read more... FootfallsThump-thump, thump-thump
bare feet hitting the grass
as I run run run
in the air and like the air
weaving through the trees
skimming over the ground touching down
thump-thump, thump-thump
here and there
there and here
in the soft damp grass thump-thump, thump-thump
knowing I could fly fly fly
but letting my feet
thump-thump, thump-thump touch the earth at least for now . . . Continues...
Excerpted from Heartbeat CDby Sharon Creech Copyright © 2004 by Sharon Creech. Excerpted by permission.
All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.
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