Heart Like Ringo Starr
Published on 16. March 2015
268 pages
978-1-63078-283-2 (ISBN)
Description
Just like prose, a novel in verse tells a story. But verse is unique because readers access the text through short "chapters," or poems. The varying lengths of the chapters are ideal for a struggling reader, giving them breaks to collect their thoughts, to imagine the characters in their mind's eye, and to set the scene-like a frame in a movie. The structure of poetry makes the books appear less intimidating, with plenty of airy white space. Moreover, the depth and substance conveyed in verse is every bit as deep and real as in a Gravel Road prose novel. Her family runs Stevens Brothers Funeral Home. Which is ironic, since Faith Hope Stevens is not long for this world. Unless someone dies. Unless there is a match. Staying alive will mean a heart transplant. Faith copes with wit and nerve. She's also a little pissed off. She will never grow old. She will never have a boyfriend. Then one shocking day everything changes ...
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A Heart Like Ringo Starr
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Content
- Intro
- Names Don't Change a Thing
- Matching Toenails to Heart
- Wintertime
- Main Street
- Still on the Outside While Inside Pizza Delight
- My Noisy Joisey Uncle
- Outside the Church
- The Sickest Baby
- By the Age of Three
- Christmas Wish
- I Painted Hearts
- So What Exactly Is Wrong
- We Are the Stevens
- No Matter What
- Mom Is the Queen of Denial
- A Fail of the Heart
- The Other Hearts
- Homework and Dead Bodies
- Home + School = Homeschool
- Why I Am Homeschooled
- You Don't See
- Global Warming
- When the Snow Stops
- I'm Always Cold
- It's Been a Long Winter
- Hippie Girl
- Nobody Sings Along
- Surprise
- In the Airplane
- Peer Pressure in Heaven
- The Airplane Lands
- Castles and Magic
- Eating Lunch
- A Bob Marley Song
- Did You Ever Notice
- Bucket List
- In the Disney Hotel
- A Heart Like Ringo Starr
- Boyfriend
- Our Song
- The Lullabies
- If I Ever Find a Guy
- After the Magic Kingdom
- Getting Back to the Family Business
- The Stuff of Being a Stevens
- I Have a Confession
- The Amazing Heart!
- Heart Box
- Different Lists
- Guidelines for Heart Transplants
- It's Early in the Morning
- There Was a Crash
- Dad's Phone Rings Again
- Highway Blur
- Driving the Heart
- The Hospital
- White Gown
- IV
- Twilight Sleep
- It Takes Work
- How Does It Feel?
- Days into Weeks
- Bionic
- Rain, Pain, Can't Explain
- Rejection
- Just a Few Weeks Later
- Seafoam High
- First Day
- I Am the Girl
- Being a Ghost Before You're Dead
- Awkward Is an Understatement
- Freak of the Week
- Gossip
- Twitter Is for Twits
- Maybe I'll Be Happy in a Little While
- Dad Lets Me Take His Car
- September in Rehoboth
- Searching for Sea Glass
- I Am the Winner
- Falling, Floating, Leaping
- Ice Cream
- We Talk
- Ripping
- It's Him
- Home
- Sweating It
- If the Shoe Fits
- Seat Belts Are Not Optional
- His Music
- A Moment to Remember
- I'm Kind of Dizzy
- Thank You
- Fairy Tale
- Alone
- Dusk
- Ticktock
- Lights
- Wishes
- Wow
- Inside and Outside
- Want to Keep Reading? ...
- Ticking . Tocking
- My Entire Family Is a Disease
- Once I Carved H-A-T-E on My Arm
- It All Started
- Linda Oatman High
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