Willa's household owns The Bramblebriar Inn and has two weddings to juggle at once. Summer is constantly a particular time on Cape Code for Willa Havisham. Particularly because Willa and Joey Kennelly are identified as the most compatible couple at Bramble Academy. To Willa's delight the neighborhood community theatre announces auditions for Our Town. Willa feels Joey and her are destined to play the leads. Significantly to her dismay a new girl arrives in town and is awarded the lead opposite Joey. What is Willa to do, to insure Joey stays hers? And on leading of all that Willa requirements to contend with her mother's new pregnancy and her confusing feelings of becoming a major sister.
"Mariel is fascinating. No wonder JFK is intrigued. No wonder he likes her. How can I compete with that?"
Not all is black and white for Willa. Willa's role as assistant wedding planner to her mother takes an unexpected surprising turn when she accepts a dance with a Southern gentleman. The ever evolving lives of Willa and Joey might possibly alter their plans forever when the truths uncovered send her reeling and her own insecurities are revealed.
Coleen Murtagh Paratore illustrious career consists of The Wedding Planners Daughter, The Cupid Chronicles, Mack McGinn's Major Win, 26 Huge Points Tiny Hands Do, and Catching the Sun. Find out extra about Ms. Paratore at:
Reviewed by Donna M. McDine for the National Writing for Children Center. Donna began writing for kids about two years ago and her publishing credits consist of a lot of print and ezine publications and is the Marketing and advertising Manager at Stories for Children Magazine.
Title: Willa by Heart
Written by: Coleen Murtagh Paratore
Ages: 12 and up
Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 978-1-4169-7470-three
Published: January 2009
Hardcover: 223 pages
Price: $15.99
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