In a Heartbeat

This week I read In a Heartbeat  by Loretta Ellsworth. One of the main characters, Eagen, died when she was 16 because she hit the boards just right in her ice skating competetion. I mean, that sucks. The other one, 14 year old Amelia, is dieing. OK, that also sucks. Amelia needs a heart transplant, and finally gets the call to be transplanted. Amelia doesn't know how to feel about this, actually, because she's worried about having someone else's heart. After the transplant, Amelia starts to take on traits that she had never had before; she starts almost acting like Eagen. Amelia thinks that it's almost like Eagen is trying to communicate with her. After a lot of searching, Amelia finds Eagen's family, and tries to get in touch with them. At the same time, Eagen finds that she can't move on into the afterworld or whatever until she sets things right with her mom, and tries to tell Amelia to help her with this. This book was good, and a really fast read; it's almost so short that it kind of feels abrupt. I would recommend this book to mostly girls in our class, just because I think that the characters are more connectable to girls, but whatever.