Heartbeat 208 pages

Heartbeat by Sharon Creech is about Annie a girl who loves to run. She runs barefoot everyday with her friend Max. She calls him moody Max. He runs to escape from his real life, but Annie runs for fun. Running is like her thinking time it is just were she relaxes the most. Her mother is pregnant and her grandfather is about to kick the bucket. When the little baby is born everything in the story settles down. Annie's life returns to normal, but with a new character in it.