What Hearts

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Summary: WHAT HEARTS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: "WHAT HEARTS" IS MY FAVORITE BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ROCK BRUCE BROOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BASEBALL IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Hi!
Review: Any books by Bruce Brooks is an awesome book! Brooks writes books for cooks that shook and look at his book! He's awesome!

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Review: I am Francois Geringer. I live in Sunny South Africa. I am a writer! Please ask Laura to contact me on my E-Mail at: [e-mail] Maybe I can send some of my scripts to you! Kind regards Francois Geringer

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Summary: Straight from the heart
Review: There are have been an incredible amount of books written in recent years for young people, but even if you exclude the junk there are very few that can be called really great. Bruce Brooks' "What Hearts" is one of these.

Brooks presents his basic themes, forgiveness (a rather unusual subject) and the meaning of love, with absolute sincerity. Asa's feelings and problems are real. It doesn't matter how different your life and problems may be from Asa's; if you are sensitive to your own feelings, I think you will be able to identify with his.

This may sound a bit odd, but it's also one of the most beautiful books I've ever read. I might particularly cite, in the second chapter, Asa's forgiveness and acceptance of his friend Joel. The end of this chapter is truly wonderful; all by itself, this would make the book a great one. Also the almost heartbreaking, though very beautiful, concluding chapter, one of the most sensitive and true descriptions of love (and, once again, forgiveness) that I know.

All in all it's a masterpiece. Sure, hardly any book is absolutely flawless, and "What Hearts" is no exception. But the author's remarkable perception, exquisite writing, and love for the human heart transcend any small faults you might find with the story. It is one of those rare books that really come from the heart.

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Summary: Good heartfelt book with memorable moments
Review: This book had a unique style of following Asa through four short stories. I enjoyed trying to piece them together. It seems he is a bit mature and introspective especially in the first chapter when he is only a first grader, but I did learn to rally care about Asa. The book also has some moments I will never forget. Watch especially for the endings of chapter two and chapter four -- Fantastic!

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Summary: i kinda liked it! not really!?¿
Review: This book was not my favorite book in the world because i could not understand it. I think that it was to cloded with information i got in trouble with my reading teacher because i did not get a good grade on the accelerated reader test i took on it!(i got a bad grade)

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Summary: Wonderful Book
Review: This book... is simply amazing. Asa, the main character, is a intelligent little boy faced with important and daunting changes in his life, starting the last day of first grade, and carrying on until he's in 7th. Asa's plight is described in such a way as to make you connect with him.
"What Hearts" is, while not quite 'dark', definitly poignant. It is the type of book you cannot put down and that you re-read often.

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Summary: Great Book for all ages
Review: This was a very good piece of writing. Bruce Brookse definatly knows what he's talking about in this book. He does an excellent job of showing Asa`s emotions toward his mother and his father getting divorced, and when his mother starts re-dating.

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Summary: What Hearts was a pretty good novel to read
Review: This was a well written novel.Bruce Brooks did a pretty good job on writing the moral of this novel.But there were couple of things in this story that I did not like. One of the things I disliked about the story was how there was barely any action. Another thing I disliked about this novel was how Asa would wine like a little baby when he didn`t get his way. But I liked about this story was how Asa would react to his stages as they progressed.

In every story somebody learns a lesson weather it`s good or bad. In this story I think Asa really knew what the lesson was all along, but then worked around it. If Asa was more mature on his reactions towards the different types of lessons he had witnessed I would have rate this novel five star.

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Summary: Stop pretending you care!
Review: What hearts is a well thought out book it has a lot to do with being neglected by his mom and step father. I thought this book was depressing. I am a happy person who enjoys smiles all the time. I get mad at myself when my friends get mad at me because i know i would never want someone to be hurt by something I have done. I felt that 'WHAT HEARTS" isn't a good book for you too read if you are looking for romance, love, friendship, but its a good book if you want too see what others go through who at times are not as loved as much by parents because they don't care as much as they need to for their child, they only care about themselves.