Beating Heart
By A. M. Jenkins
Price: $12.99
About the Book
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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Reviews
“Intriguing and certainly haunting. A winner.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Subtly eerie—a razor-sharp plot enfolded in a bed of feathery down.” — School Library Journal
“Jenkins’ story crosses decades and genres while parallel plots reveal themselves: first love, secret intimacy, fear and regret. Carefully crafted.” — KLIATT
About the Book
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+
Product Details
Reviews
“Intriguing and certainly haunting. A winner.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Subtly eerie—a razor-sharp plot enfolded in a bed of feathery down.” — School Library Journal
“Jenkins’ story crosses decades and genres while parallel plots reveal themselves: first love, secret intimacy, fear and regret. Carefully crafted.” — KLIATT
