Brianne Carmichael cannot imagine life without her best friend, Sarah, living next door. After two years of being her closest friend ever, Sarah is moving away, and Brianne must begin her seventh-grade year without her. As the first day of school arrives, some old friends, along with new ones, keep her day and the weeks that follow from being as unbearable as she originally thought. But when one of those friends does something completely awful that puts her in a difficult and embarrassing situation with a new boy at school, she misses Sarah more than ever and wishes Ashlee would have been the one to move away instead. Can Brianne find it in her heart to forgive, or will she let anger rule in her heart instead of love?**Closer Than Ever is the first book in the "Heaven in my Heart" series for pre and early teens. Books in this series are recommended for girls ages 11 to 14 and are meant to be read in sequential order.