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Summary: Heaven
Review: "Heaven" is about Marley, a fourteen year old girl living in small town, who finds out a terrible secret. She discovers that she is adopted, that her real mom is dead and her dad couldn't keep her. This book is mostly about how Marley deals with this surprising news.
I thought this book was well written and a sweet story with a good moral, but it wasn't very intresting. If you are looking for an intresting book where things happen in it then you would probaly hate this book. I thought it was ok but it got very boring in a lot of parts. It did have a sweet ending though and I thought the moral was good. I just dont think people my age (teenagers) would like it becuase nothing exciting really happens in it.
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Summary: Heaven
Review: "Heaven" is about Marley, a fourteen year old girl living in small town, who finds out a terrible secret. She discovers that she is adopted, that her real mom is dead and her dad couldn't keep her. This book is mostly about how Marley deals with this surprising news.
I thought this book was well written and a sweet story with a good moral, but it wasn't very intresting. If you are looking for an intresting book where things happen in it then you would probaly hate this book. I thought it was ok but it got very boring in a lot of parts. It did have a sweet ending though and I thought the moral was good. I just dont think people my age (teenagers) would like it becuase nothing exciting really happens in it.
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Summary: Heaven
Review: Heaven is about a girl named Marley. Marley is a fourteen-year-old that lives in a small town called Heaven in Ohio. Marley had just found out that her parents are adoptive parents and not her biological parents. Her biological parent was Uncle Jack. I thought the book Heaven was very interesting. I thought it was interesting because they explained the details of everything. Angela Johnson made the events very believable.
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Summary: A little boring
Review: Heaven is about mArley, a fourteen year old girl living in a small town, who finds out a life changing secret. She discovers that she is adopted, that her mom is dead and her dad gave hear way when she was just a baby so he could tarvel. Marley has a lot of anger towards her adoptive parents and her real dad once she finds out, and also feels alone and unwanted. This book is about how Marley deals with this change and how she struggles to forgive her dad and adoptive family.
I liked his book because it is a sweet story with a good moral, but it just wasn't very intresting. Anyone that is looking for a book that is intresting and where things happen in it, don't pick this book to read. It was well written with a nice ending but in a lot of parts I got really bored with it. I think people my age (teenagers) would think it drags on a lot and that it is really boring most of the time.
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Summary: A little boring
Review: Heaven is about mArley, a fourteen year old girl living in a small town, who finds out a life changing secret. She discovers that she is adopted, that her mom is dead and her dad gave hear way when she was just a baby so he could tarvel. Marley has a lot of anger towards her adoptive parents and her real dad once she finds out, and also feels alone and unwanted. This book is about how Marley deals with this change and how she struggles to forgive her dad and adoptive family.
I liked his book because it is a sweet story with a good moral, but it just wasn't very intresting. Anyone that is looking for a book that is intresting and where things happen in it, don't pick this book to read. It was well written with a nice ending but in a lot of parts I got really bored with it. I think people my age (teenagers) would think it drags on a lot and that it is really boring most of the time.
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Summary: THE BOMBEST BOOK!!!
Review: Heaven is based on a book about a girl named Marley. She finds out later that her uncle is really her dad, and her dad is really her uncle. Though it seems kind of twisted this book teaches you that no matter what, family will be there for you. Heaven makes you cry and laugh. Its a really GOOD book.
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Summary: THE BOMBEST BOOK!!!
Review: Heaven is based on a book about a girl named Marley. She finds out later that her uncle is really her dad, and her dad is really her uncle. Though it seems kind of twisted this book teaches you that no matter what, family will be there for you. Heaven makes you cry and laugh. Its a really GOOD book.
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Summary: Finding a little heaven right here on earth!
Review: HEAVEN, the 1999 Coretta Scott King Award book, is a first-person narrative centered on the idea or theme that just as some truths in life may bring a sense of sorrow and loss, they can also turn those painful feelings and emotion into real joy, hope, and acceptance. When main character, Marley, discovers that she's adopted, knowing what to do with that truth becomes the real issue of the story. For 12 years, Marley has lived in Heaven, OH with two doting parents, a quirky but lovable brother, good friends and neighbors that she adores. Now, it seems that her life up to this point has been one big fat lie! Even though she lacks trust in her adoptive family now that she knows the truth, it will be their continued love and support which wins her over and helps her to finally find the answers she so desperately needs to know about her life. I believe what makes this book so interesting to read is that it presents Marley's family, filled with deception and lies, as paradise. While the most troubled family in the story is "picture perfect" and free of deceit. The plot is idyllic and often dreamy with punches of reality mixed in as everyone's deceptions unravel. Even though this story is not as compelling as Ms. Johnson's 1994 Coretta Scott Award winning book, TONING THE SWEEP, it is still a moving story that handles the topic of adoption with graceful sensitivity.
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Summary: A real heaven
Review: Hi my name is Dalyn Chiet. I am a student at Crawford High School. I chose this book Heaven for my literature circles group. I find this book very interesting because I feel that Marley should be happy with the parents she has.
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Summary: A great book for teens!
Review: I believe this Coretta Scott King Award winning book is a refreshing departure from most books about African Americans. It shows no drug use, nor violence and no one is living in an urban ghetto. Instead it shows a loving nuclear family who has normal ups and downs, and it even shows a very RESPONSIBLE single father! Written in first person, it feels as if you are really experiencing life through the eyes of a 14 year old. And even though I have not been adopted, I can certainly relate to Marley's dismay at the traumatic revelation - when everything you once thought true suddenly changes. My only problem with the book is with the storyline about Marley's girl friend. What was the real reason behind Shoogy's hurting herself and why did she dislike her family so much? Johnson seemed to let the storyline about the girl drop rather then bringing it to some sort of conclusion. But in all, I found "Heaven" to be satisfying and unique. There is almost no references to race in this book, letting the fact that she is Black just to be a given, and making Marley's struggle for self-discovery a universal story that would cross all color lines as an issue that any teenage girl (or boy?) could identify with.
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