Showing results for "Hearts" in Chapter Books & Readers

Joe lives with his mother in Helmouth, a forgotten village crumbling on the edge of the suburbs. His days are spent trying to evade the demands of school and the taunts of the local bullies. Joe's friend, Stanny, insists that Joe must toughen up, become a survivor - and he is adamant that a...

Valentine's Day is approaching, and everyone seems to be crazed with love - except for Mallory. She's been invited to a Valentine's party next door, and rumor has it that her next-door neighbor's dad is going to propose to her best friend's mom. What will it mean if her two best friends become brother and sister? Where will she fit in? And to make matters even more confusing, Mallory is receiving presents from a secret admirer. Who could it be? Mallory feels like everything is changing, and she has lots of questions about life, love, and friendship.

In Cody's life, some people keep her on her toes - just like Mother Nature, who is warm one day and snowy the next. Or like Cody's brother, Wyatt, who has started wearing collared shirts because his girlfriend likes them. Meanwhile, Pearl has begun playing soccer and it's all she can talk about. Spencer is busy creating a mysterious museum underneath GG's house and he's never around to play. And Spencer's mom doesn't look any different.... Could she really have a baby growing inside her?

Monty is an inventor and aspiring astronaut, but at twelve years old, he hasn’t even left his hometown. This all changes when Monty, his sister Ivory, and their robot sidekick, Echo, stumble upon an abandoned spaceship deep in the woods after school one day… Soon, they find themselves in a countdown to liftoff…and they can’t stop it! Join Monty and his crew as they blast off into space, explore Mars, and discover a hidden secret in The Iron Heart of Mars.

Est-ce que l'amitié à distance de Marianne et Estelle survivra? La jeune rouquine a-t-elle trop parlé? Et sa nouvelle passion pour le théâtre conviendra-t-elle à cette adolescente en quête du prince charmant? Mais comme rien n'est jamais simple dans sa vie, elle sera au centre de nouvelles aventures qui l'amèneront à se questionner davantage sur la nature humaine...et sur sa relation avec ses parents. Quand tout va mal, il est difficile de penser que les choses peuvent être encore plus corsées!

Marianne Bellehumeur vit des moments intenses. Que peut-il arriver de pire que d'avoir attrapé la "picote", le matin d'un important tournoi de basket? Y'a-t-il plus dramatique que d'être cloîtrée dans la maison durant une semaine? Son cœur pourra-t-il survivre devant son incapacité d'avouer son amour au beau Clément Raciacot-Ouimet? Existe-t-il pire drame que d'être témoin d'une chicane entre ses best? Et si elle perdait son journal intime? Ou si sa pire ennemie venait jouer dans ses plates-bandes?

Marianne n'est vraiment pas emballée par la nouvelle que sa mère lui apprend et elle reste sans voix devant la triste décision prise par les parents de Noah. Une situation plutôt dramatique surviendra qui lui permettra toutefois de réagir de façon plus réfléchie. L'adolescente choisira finalement de réintégrer l'équipe de basket de Mattawa.

Depuis son déménagement, Marianne Bellehumeur arrive mal à composer avec la tournure que prend sa vie d'adolescente. Loin de ses best friends, elle a de la difficulté à s'adapter à son nouveau milieu. Son intégration à l'école secondaire est particulièrement ardue. Un sourire échangé avec un séduisant garçon le matin de la rentrée viendra changer quelque peu la donne.

Finalement, l'accident d'autobus aura fait plus de peur que de mal. Rapidement remise, Marianne Bellehumeur sera impliquée (encore!) dans une aventure où ses émotions seront mises à rude épreuve. La jeune fille devra composer avec une révélation-choc de Noah, le Roméoqui fait battre son coeur, et les avances insistantes de son ami Jacob.

A beating heart gives life to a body—in Paul's case, a stranger's gave life to his. His long-awaited miracle and second chance at life, thought to bring peace to over three decades of turmoil, was an adversity in disguise. One he will now struggle to overcome. Caught between the excitement of new life and the chaos of grief, Paul finds himself at odds with the stranger residing in his chest. Though his inspiration to write music has been fully restored, the will to carry on is shattered by a flood of thoughts and feelings that were foreign to him until his transplant.