A 16-year old champion soccer player struggles to maintain a normal life, while she waits for a heart transplant, and learns the truth about love, loss and the meaning of true friendship in the process.

When you’re 16 years old, it never occurs to you that you might die.  Emmi Miller’s got a fabulous life.  She has tons of friends, does great in school and is an all-star soccer player who played in Europe last summer.  It even looks like Sam Hunter, a totally cute baseball player, might be interested in her.  And then she got a virus.  No biggy, right?  Until the virus goes to her heart and weakens it so much that, without a transplant, Emmi will die.

Will Emmi get a heart in time?  Is Sam too good to be true?  What about her new friend Abe, who has also had a transplant and guides her through these scary times?  Is he just being supportive or is there more going on between them?  And will Emmi realize it before it's too late?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born the day after Valentine’s Day, Shari Maurer’s life has always been full of “heart.”  Married to a cardiologist, she is the co-author of The Parent’s Guide to Children’s Congenital Heart Defects.  After graduating from Duke University and NYU, she spent six years at the Children’s Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) working on International versions of Sesame Street and other kids’ programs.  Shari lives in New City, NY with her husband Mat and their children, Lissie, Josh and Eric.  Change of Heart is her first young adult novel. Visit her on the web at www.sharimaurer.com.

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