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When Sarabeth loses her mother very suddenly to a heart attack, she has no where to go, and no other family to take care of her. Her mom’s friends, Cynthia and Billy decide to take her in. So, she moves into their tiny one bedroom apartment. They have a new baby, and Sarabeth finds herself feeling strange. It seems to her that she has become a burden to them, and has interrupted their lives. She wants to leave, but where on earth can she go?

Girlhearts, written by Norma Fox Mazer, a Newberry-Award Honoree, will take you into the life of a daring girl who has to learn to face life when everything has fallen apart.