Heaven

English

ISBN: 0689822294

EAN: 9780689822292

Category: Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / African American/Juvenile Fiction / Family / Adoption/Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Release Date: 09/30/1998

Age Range: 12-17

Synopsis: You never know whats gonna come down -- in Heaven.At fourteen, Marley knows she has Mommas hands and Popss love for ice cream, that her brother doesnt get on her nerves too much, and that Uncle Jack is a big mystery. But Marley doesnt know all she thinks she does, because she doesnt 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 doesnt 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 isnt. 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.

Awards: Bluegrass Award – null  Bluegrass Award – null  Bluegrass Award – null  Bluegrass Award – null 

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Heaven

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.6 inches

Width: 4.5 inches

Length: 7.5 inches

Weight: 6.56 oz

Pages: 144