In a Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth

I'm so excited because today I recieved an arc of In a Heartbeat by Loretta Ellsworth in the mail!

book description:

When a small mistake costs sixteen-year-old Eagan her life during a figureskating competition, she leaves many things unreconciled, including her troubled relationship with her mother. From her vantage point in the afterlife, Eagan reflects back on her memories, and what she could have done differently, through her still-beating heart.

When fourteen-year-old Amelia learns she will be getting a heart transplant, her fear and guilt battle with her joy at this new chance at life. And afterwards when she starts to feel different- dreaming about figureskating , craving grape candy - her need to learn about her donor leads her to discover and explore Eagan's life, meeting her grieving loved ones and trying to bring the closure they all need to move on.

Told in alternating viewpoints, In a Heartbeat tells the emotional, and compelling story of two girls sharing one heart.

Gracias / Thanks

I was very excited when I was informed I had won a copy of this childrens books on Goodreads from the First Reads drawing! I was even more excited when I recieved my copy and saw that the pictures depicted a multiculteral family like ours!

In this delightfully colorful childrens book by Pat Mora and beautifully illustrated by John Parra we follow a young boy throughout his entire day as he says thanks to everything that makes him happy. He starts by thanking the sun that wakes him and ends his day of thanks by thanking the cricket that serenades him to sleep in the night.

This book is a treasured addition to my childrens home library!