Heaven
Published on 15. August 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
138 pages
978-0-689-82290-2 (ISBN)
Description
Heaven is an apt name for the Ohio town where 14-year-old Marley has grown up, and for her life there--until the fateful day she discovers the people she calls Momma and Pops are not really her parents, and she is forced to question all her assumptions about who she is. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for Fiction. Young Adult.
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Edition
Aladdin Pbk
Language
English
Place of publication
East Roseville
Australia
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Seventh Grade and over, Reading Age: From 12 years, Interest Age: From 12 to 15 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 184 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
73 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-689-82290-2 (9780689822902)
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Additional editions
Angela Johnson
Heaven
E-Book
11/2013
1st Edition
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
€7.90
Available for download
Person
Angela Johnson has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels The First Part Last, Heaven, and Toning the Sweep. The First Part Last was also the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. She is also the author of the novels Looking for Red and A Certain October. Her books for younger readers include the Coretta Scott King Honor Book When I Am Old with You, illustrated by David Soman; Wind Flyers and I Dream of Trains, both illustrated by Loren Long; and Lottie Paris Lives Here and its sequel Lottie Paris and the Best Place, both illustrated by Scott M. Fischer. Additional picture books include A Sweet Smell of Roses, Just Like Josh Gibson, The Day Ray Got Away, and All Different Now. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio. Visit her at AJohnsonAuthor.com.