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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780060546076
ISBN number: 0060546077
Label: HarperTeen
Manufacturer: HarperTeen
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: January 01, 2006
Publishing house: HarperTeen
Age index: Young Adult
Release Date: January 03, 2006
Sale Popularity Level: 259167
Studio: HarperTeen
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This house
is mine
and
I am
its beating heart.
She is a ghost: a figure glimpsed from the corner of your eye, a momentary chill, and a memory of secret kisses and hidden passion. He is 17 years old: Evan Calhoun, warm and alive, and ever since moving to this big abandoned house, he has dreamt of her. Ghost and boy fascinate each other–until her memories and his desire collide in a moment that changes them both.
Combining verse fragments with chiseled prose, A. M. Jenkins captures the compelling voice of a long–dead ghost and the perspective of a modern teen, twining mystery and romance in this evocative, sensual, and unrelentingly engrossing novel.
Ages 14+
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I have typically enjoyed Jenkins' other books, but I wasn't drawn into this book as much as the others. It seemed like several issues weren't developed enough--the little sister longing for her dad, the single mom as a struggling writer trying to live her dream, and a boy dealing with his supposed love for his girlfriend. The only thing that was really developed was the sex. Beating Hearts portrayed the sex-obsessed teenage boy quite well. I did enjoy the almost concrete poetry of the ghost. It's an okay read, but I think others will be disappointed as well.
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When his mother forces him to move with her to a new house, Evan Calhoun doesn't expect much. Sure, he'll have to move all his stuff, but he'll still go to the same school and have the same friends.
Little does he know that there's a spirit occupying his new room, a spirit who will mistake him for her dead lover and change his life forever.
BEATING HEART was really interesting, and my favorite part was the way the story is told. The point of view alternates between Evan and the ghost, and the ghost speaks in beautiful verse fragments that definitely make the book worth reading.
Reviewed Author name: Andie Z.
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A short tale about the interactions of a boy and a ghost who lives in his house. The ghost speaks in poetry.
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Cora is dead, longing after her love for a hundred years. Evan is alive and struggling with his girlfriend Carrie who is becoming needy and clingy. Together, but separately, they learn the difference between love and sex.
The poetry is beautiful. The whole story just touched me. I would recommend it to anyone.
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A. M. Jenkins is well known for her accurate and sympathetic portrayals of teenaged boys. Here she mixes things up by alternating with the broken yet poetic voice of the ghost of a young girl from a hundred years before. The life of the boy and the memories of the ghost intersect in a literally shattering way. While this seems like Cora, the ghost's story, there is so much revealed through the seemingly distant third-person telling of the boy's story. You will want to read it over again immediately to savor the clues and details the author so skillfully weaves into her unusual narrative.
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