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Every Borrowed Beat

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Delaney Moss should have died. She was supposed to die. She never expected, after years of waiting, to receive a heart transplant. Now, seventeen-year-old Delaney doesn’t know what to do with her life. So Delaney latches onto the one thing that gives her meaning: learning as... Read More
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She’s been given a new heart. Now she just needs to make sure it doesn’t break.

She’s been given a new heart. Now she just needs to make sure it doesn’t break.

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Delaney Moss should have died. She was supposed to die.

She never expected, after years of waiting, to receive a heart transplant. Now, seventeen-year-old Delaney doesn’t know what to do with her life. So Delaney latches onto the one thing that gives her meaning: learning as much as she can about the person whose heart she inherited.

After some sleuthing, Delaney concludes her heart donor was a girl her age, Mia, who died tragically one town over. Delaney tells herself that attending a post-mortem birthday celebration for Mia will help her fully know who Mia was. And she’s sure that after the memorial, she will be able to move on with her life.

But then she meets Clayton: a boy who makes her new heart race; a boy whose grief and outlook resonate with her, and a boy who, it turns out, was Mia’s best friend. Suddenly Delaney is more drawn to Mia than ever…

Every Borrowed Beat by Erin Stewart is an engaging exploration of identity, legacy, and the connections that bind us beyond life and death.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780861549368

Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Rock the Boat

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Erin Stewart is the acclaimed author of Scars Like Wings and The Words We Keep. She loves using her background in journalism to research and write fiction based on real life. A heart failure survivor and adoptive mother, she believes life throws plot twists and people in our path for a reason.

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