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What Hearts
What Hearts
Author: Bruce Brooks
Recipient of a 1993 Newbery Honor, this novel is an achingly beautiful, powerfully rendered journey through childhood that is not to be missed, now available in a new edition with a striking new cover.From an outstandingly perceptive writer, a moving portrait of a boy, observed at four revealing turning points. -- Pointer Review/Kirkus Review...  more »Combines fast, exciting action with an astonishing ending that proves the power of the individual imagination. -- Starred Review/ALA Booklist"Asa—possessed of rare sweetness, humor, and inner strength—survives intact cruel tests of his integrity, intellect, and sense of decency. From an outstandingly perceptive writer, a moving portrait of a boy, observed at four revealing turning points." —K. "Told with controlled imagery, insightful illumination of motive and the needs of his characters, Brooks has proven himself once again a master of language." —BL. 1993 Newbery Honor Book

Notable Children's Books of 1993 (ALA)

1993 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)

1993 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)

1993 Teachers' Choices (IRA)

1993 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)
ISBN-13: 9780060211318
ISBN-10: 0060211318
Publication Date: 11/1992
Pages: 208
Reading Level: Young Adult
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Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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This is about a thinking, rational and serious boy whose life changes when his mother and father divorce. He finds life with his step father quite different but being a thinking person he manages to get by. As the story moves on, Asa copes with his new life and his new "father" through athletics. Gradually, he learns that not everything can be thought out in advance. Sometimes you just have to feel to follow what is in the heart and to love no matter what.


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