My Heartbeat
My Heartbeat by Garret Weyr, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2012, is a reprint edition comprising 176 pages. The story centers on Ellen, who finds herself in a complex emotional landscape involving her older brother Link and his best friend James. As Ellen navigates her feelings for both boys, she grapples with the dynamics of love, loyalty, and the secrets that bind them together.
Readers will discover a narrative that explores themes of family, relationships, and self-discovery. Ellen’s unwavering affection for Link and James is tested when questions arise about the nature of their feelings for each other. The story delves into the intricacies of sibling bonds and the challenges of understanding one’s own emotions, particularly in the context of young adult experiences. My Heartbeat presents a poignant look at the limits of knowledge in love and the evolving nature of friendships.
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Ellen loves Link and James. Her older brother and his best friend are the only company she ever wants. She knows they fight, but she makes it a policy never to take sides. She loves her brother, the math genius and track star. She is totally, madly in love with James, his face full of long eyelashes and hidden smiles. “When you grow out of it,” James teases her, “you will break my heart.”
Ellen knows she’ll never outgrow it. She’ll always love James just the way she’ll always love Link. Then someone at school asks if Link and James might be in love with each other. A simple question.
Link refuses to discuss it. James refuses to stay friends with a boy so full of secrets. Ellen’s parents want Link to keep his secrets to himself, but Ellen wants to know who her brother really is. When is curiosity a betrayal? And if James says he loves her, isn’t that just another way of saying he still loves Link?
My Heartbeat is a fast, furious story in which a quirky triangle learns to change its shape and Ellen, at least, learns the limits of what you can ever know about whom you love.
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