'Narrator Ellen learns about love, family and 'society's unwritten rules' in this sophisticated but gentle novel.' e' Publishers Weekly, Starred 'A tightly constructed novel about love, family, and the ambiguities of sexual identity.' e'School Library Journal, Starred 'Freyman-Weyr writes an astonishing combination of delicacy and clarity of the genuine complexity of family (and all) relationships.' e' The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred 'Freymann-Weyr sets up a riveting love triangle. When is curiosity a betrayal? And if James says he loves her, isn't that just another way of saying he still loves Link? My Heartbeat is a fast, furious story in which a quirky triangle learns to change its shape and Ellen, at least, learns the limits of what you can ever know about whom you love. Ellen's parents want Link to keep his secrets to himself, but Ellen wants to know who her brother really is. James refuses to stay friends with a boy so full of secrets. Then someone at school asks if Link and James might be in love with each other.

She'll always love James just the way she'll always love Link.

'When you grow out of it,' James teases her, 'you will break my heart.' Ellen knows she'll never outgrow it. She is totally, madly in love with James, his face full of long eyelashes and hidden smiles. She loves her brother, the math genius and track star. She knows they fight, but she makes it a policy never to take sides. Her older brother and his best friend are the only company she ever wants.

My Heartbeat by Garret Freymann-Weyr