I read the book The Flint Heart by Katherine and John Paterson.  This book is about a heart made out of flint.  The heart makes the owner have a hard heart.  They are mean and unkind to everyone around them.  When they figure out what is making them so mean and try to get rid of the heart someone else finds it and becomes just as mean.  Finally, a boy named Charles finds a way to get rid of the heart forever.  When Charles decides to get rid of the heart he finds himself in the middle of an adventure with Jacky Toads, moles and other creatures.  The mole was the last creature to find the flint heart.  He became mean to everyone including his wife.  The dogs brought the mole out of his hole with the heart after a bloody fight. Charles removed the flint heart from the mole and broke it into pieces with a hammer.  The king, the queen and the Lord HIgh Chancellor all throw pieces into the sky, the water and the earth.