Heartbeat

This easy-to-read and engaging story, written in free verse, is a character study of a 12-year-old girl written as a first person narrative. She loves to run and to draw, and is dealing with changes in her life: her grandfather is beginning to lose his memory; her mother is expecting a baby; and her relationship with her best friend (a boy) is no longer as simple as it used to be. She experiences growth as a character.