This book is about a girl called Mira Levenson who lives with her mum, dad and her two younger siblings called Krish and Laila. Mira is very shy and when forced to speak in public, her confident best friend Millie Lockheart usually has to jump in and save her. Mira finds it easier to express herself through her artwork, a passion she shares with her grandmother, Josie.When a literature club is started at school by the quirky, unique Pat Print, Mira's attentions are drawn towards Jide Jackson, a boy she's never really noticed before but soon realises he is a completely different person away from his friends.
Pat Print asks all of the students to write a 'May Day Diary' which is how the rest of the story is told through Mira's eyes.
The diary starts on Mira's twelfth birthday. However, half way through their family gathering, a man named Moses knocks at the door to deliver a coffin.
The coffin is for Josie, Mira's grandma. She is sadly dying but because she is an artist, wants to paint her own coffin. So, with the help of Mira, one day when the rest of the family is out, they paint it. The rest of the story is about the challenges Mira has to overcome, such as losing her grandma and changing the way she see's other people.
The reason the book is called 'Artichoke hearts' has something to do with a charm Josie gave to Mira on her birthday. It is an artichoke, made up of hundreds of little silver leaves with a dainty red heart in the middle. Josie explains to Mira that we are like artichokes; some people are tough- like the outer leaves- however, some people are sensitive- like the inner leaves, getting smaller and smaller until they reach the heart.
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