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Heaven Hardback - 1998
by Angela Johnson
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Marley has lived in heaven with her parents and her brother for 12 years since the accident. She can't imagine her life any other way, but she may have to. Does Marley have the perfect life, or is her life the perfect lie?
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You never know what's gonna come down -- in Heaven.
At fourteen, Marley knows she has Momma's hands and Pops's love for ice cream, that her brother doesn't get on her nerves too much, and that Uncle Jack is a big mystery. But Marley doesn't know all she thinks she does, because she doesn't know the truth. And when the truth comes down with the rain one stormy summer afternoon, it changes everything. It turns Momma and Pops into liars. It makes her brother a stranger and Uncle Jack an even bigger mystery.
All of a sudden, Marley doesn't know who she is anymore and can only turn to the family she no longer trusts to find out.
Truth often brings change. Sometimes that change is for the good. Sometimes it isn't. Coretta Scott King award-winning author Angela Johnson writes a poignant novel of deception and self-discovery -- about finding the truth and knowing what to do when truth is at hand.
At fourteen, Marley knows she has Momma's hands and Pops's love for ice cream, that her brother doesn't get on her nerves too much, and that Uncle Jack is a big mystery. But Marley doesn't know all she thinks she does, because she doesn't know the truth. And when the truth comes down with the rain one stormy summer afternoon, it changes everything. It turns Momma and Pops into liars. It makes her brother a stranger and Uncle Jack an even bigger mystery.
All of a sudden, Marley doesn't know who she is anymore and can only turn to the family she no longer trusts to find out.
Truth often brings change. Sometimes that change is for the good. Sometimes it isn't. Coretta Scott King award-winning author Angela Johnson writes a poignant novel of deception and self-discovery -- about finding the truth and knowing what to do when truth is at hand.
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- Title Heaven
- Author Angela Johnson
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition; F
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York
- Publication date 1998-09-01
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780689822292 / 0689822294
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 7.81 x 4.76 x 0.6 in (19.84 x 12.09 x 1.52 cm)
- Age range 12 to 15 years
- Grade levels 7 - 10
- Reading level 790
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Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Small Town
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Ohio
- Topical: Adoption
- Category Young Adult Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Parent and child
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98003291
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- ALA Best Books Young Adults, 01/01/1999, Page 1301
- Black Issues Book Review, 11/01/2005, Page 44
- Booklist, 09/15/1998, Page 219
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/1998, Page 80
- Kirkus Review - Children, 07/15/1998, Page 1036
- Publishers Weekly, 08/03/1998, Page 86
- School Library Journal, 10/01/1998, Page 136
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