Emergency Room — Caroline B. Cooney

Every heartbeat matters.

6:00 P.M. Naive volunteers Diana and Seth
arrive at the emergency room, eager for the chance to save lives:

6:38 P.M. Eighteen-year-old Jersey, the victim of a drug battle, is carried in with a gunshot wound.

7:16 P.M. Alec is brought in after a grisly motorcycle accident. He is only seventeen, and fighting for his life.

8:27 P.M. Seth must save a life. A baby's life .. .

As the minutes rush past, Diana and Seth struggle to find their roles in the dizzying world of excitement and horror that is the City Hospital Emergency Room.