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Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.

Readers conduct experiments to discover more about the circulatory system and how it works.

"Every time your heart beats, an electrical current has been sent from certain cells to the rest of the heart muscle tissue, triggering your heart to contract and push blood through your body. When these signals go awry, major health issues such as heart attacks can occur. Enter the pacemaker, a small implanted device that keeps your heart beating. But did you know, implantable pacemakers were invented by accident? This title explores the history, struggles, and the accidental invention of the pacemaker, a device that beats hundreds of thousands of times each year to save people's lives."--.

"Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James must navigate heart surgery, reconnections with a lost mother, the betrayal of a former best friend, first kisses, and emerging feelings for another girl"--.

"This book offers a head-to-toe look at the health concerns most pertinent to teens and young adults and what they can do to safeguard their health. It also provides general information on anatomy and function"--Provided by publisher.

The rhythm of every animal's heartbeat is different. From tiny meadow mice to tall giraffes to the octopus with three hearts, each animal's heart has its own beat, in tune with its body's needs.

What makes our hearts pump? How does blood circulate throughout our bodies? Curious readers will love this innovative look at the human heart and circulatory system.

Cells are the building blocks of life. Tissues are a group of similar types of cells that perform similar functions. Organs are combinations of similar tissues. Discover more in Cells.

Body systems are collections of organs and other tissues that fulfill a particular function in the body. Many of the systems overlap or work together. The nervous system works with every other body system in some way. Discover more in Body Systems.