Heartbeat

An enjoyable book. I read it in just a couple of days and plan to use it as a read aloud for my 5th grade class this year. If you are considering the purchase. Just click and get reading.

I'm not such a huge fan of books written in verse, but the theme of this book and the characters who bring it to life are just so fascinating and authentic. I love the closeness between Annie and her grandpa. I could feel myself sitting with my grandmother during her last days. She knew who I was until almost the very end. I hate that she's gone, but the love that we shared is quite the same as the one Annie has with her grandpa. And, that is just one of several important relationships Annie experiences throughout this book! Sweet story.

I am an adult, but still love to read Sharon Creech books. I read them to my daughter when she was in home school, and I still love to read them. I love the characters in this story. I resonate with Annie, even though I am not a runner. I am always happy and sad when one of these books end.

It is in very good condition

Sharon Creech never fails to wring at at least a bit of emotion out of me and she did it again with the relationship between Annie and her failing grandpa. This is a simple story told in an interesting way and it deals with some pretty deep subject matter. I wasn't as moved by this book as I was by Creech's Love That Dog, which is written in the same prose, but this story is much more complex and less emotion based. It is a very good book. As a teacher I would recommend it to fifth or sixth grade girls.

I chose the rating because I loved the book I love the book because d it tells about a young girl named Annie and her life situations that you can relate to and I have to say Sharon did a great job.

The pace of this book was a like running a race and pages turned so rapidly I couldn't believe there was a story here, too. And every page,made me want to turn to find what happened next. I loved the words from a thesaurus remembering the first time I saw one, better than a dictionary because there were so many new words that you didn't know you could look up.

Great book for my 5th grader!! Teacher recommended!

i loved the book its amazing

My 12 year old son loves this book. Another favourite by Sharon Creech

vor allem weibliche - und ganz besonders, wenn sich ein Geschwisterchen ankündigt, denn darum geht es im Wesentlichen: Sich selbst zu spüren, z.B. beim schnellen Laufen, sich in seiner Andersartigkeit im Vergleich mit Freunden zu akzeptieren, Ziele zu haben, z.B. auf Materialien zum Zeichnen und Malen zu sparen. Sehr schön in diesem Text, dass dann die eigenen Wünsche hintan gestellt werden können, z.B. um mit dem Ersparten dann doch die Laufschuhe für den ehrgeizigen Sportsfreund zu kaufen. Hier streift Sharon Creech ganz locker in ihren Versen soziale Kompetenzen, die in der Pubertät erworben werden können, falls nicht schon entwickelt.Ein ungewöhnlicher Blick in die Seele der Protagonistin ist der auf das wachsende unbekannte Wesen in Mutters Bauch, das Miterleben der Geburt und die Sorge um das Baby gleich nach der Geburt, das diesem gefährlichen Moment im Leben die volle Bedeutung gibt: dem ersten eigenen Atemzug und Schrei.

Two years ago I already bought this one as a hardcover and now I bought it again for my Kindle. It's one of the rare books that I really wanted to read again. And eventually again. More than once I thought of it when I was away from home and short on "thump-thumps". Means motivation to get some physical excercise. Also I like the wisdom of this little story and especially the poetic way in which it is written.