CHANGE OF HEART
by Shari Maurer
Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, popular varsity soccer star Emmi comes down with an ordinary virus. But when she doesn’t bounce back as always, she gets the worst possible news—she’s had myocarditis that’s destroyed her heart, putting her into congestive heart failure. This formerly energetic teen can now barely walk across a room without having to stop and rest. And the prognosis is bleak: without a heart transplant, she’ll die in a matter of months. It’s only her growing friendship with Abe, the funny, smart boy she meets in the cardiac clinic, that finally cheers her up. But difficult questions race through her mind while she waits: Will she get a heart in time? Will she even survive the surgery? What if her body rejects the heart? When tragedy strikes close to home, Emmi must rely even more on her inner strength in order to carry on.
Praise for Change Of Heart:
"Shari Maurer handles very tricky subject matter with sensitivity and grace."
—Amy Goldman Koss, author of Side Effects, an ALA Best Books for Young Adults, a New York Public Library Recommended List for Young Adults & a Kirkus Best Book of the Year
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Pub Date: March 24, 2010