Heaven

Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson writes a poignant young adult novel of deception, self-discovery, and knowing what to do when truth is at hand.

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/01/1998
ISBN: 9780689822292
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 7.81h x 4.76w x 0.60d
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/03/1998 pg. 86
Booklist 09/15/1998 pg. 219
School Library Journal 10/01/1998 pg. 136
Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/1998 pg. 1036
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/1999 pg. 1301
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1998 pg. 80 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1999 pg. 80 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Publishers Weekly 07/31/1998
Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2005 pg. 44

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 27949 / Heaven
Reading Level: 4.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 3