{"product_id":"what-hearts-9780064471275","title":"What Hearts","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecipient 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From an outstandingly perceptive writer, a moving portrait of a boy, observed at four revealing turning points.\" -- Pointer Review\/\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Combines fast, exciting action with an astonishing ending that proves the power of the individual imagination.\" -- Starred Review\/ALA \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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. \u003cp\u003e 1993 Newbery Honor Book\u003cbr\u003eNotable Children's Books of 1993 (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e1993 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)\u003cbr\u003e1993 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book)\u003cbr\u003e1993 Teachers' Choices (IRA)\u003cbr\u003e1993 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrooks, Bruce:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBruce Brooks was born in Virginia and began writing fiction at age ten. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1972 and from the University Of Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1980. He has worked as a newspaper reporter, a magazine writer, newsletter editor, movie critic, teacher and lecturer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce Brooks has twice received the Newbery Honor, first in 1985 for \u003cem\u003eMoves Make the Man, \u003c\/em\u003e and again in 1992 for \u003cem\u003eWhat Hearts.\u003c\/em\u003e He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eEverywhere, Midnight Hour Encores, Asylum for Nightface, Vanishing, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThrowing Smoke.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in Brooklyn, NY.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409579708690,"sku":"9780064471275","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fc6d8539-0c6c-4a54-975f-41dd7a1f4217.jpg?v=1729290857","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-hearts-9780064471275","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}