num_pages: 160
description: When Young Ju is four years old, she learns that her family is leaving their small fishing village in Korea to live in Mi Gook. Young Ju has heard enough about Mi Gook to be sure the place they are moving to is paradise, that she and her family are going to heaven.After flying through the sky for a long time, Young Ju finds out that Mi Gook is actually a regular earthly place called America. And it doesn't feel at all like heaven. A STEP FROM HEAVEN follows Young's life from the age of 4 all the way up until she is ready for college, as we watch her change from a hopeful girl into a hardened young adult.
language: English
title: A Step from Heaven
titlecomplete: A Step from Heaven
genres: Middle Grade, Asian Literature, Young Adult, Coming Of Age, Teen, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Cultural, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 8261
places: California
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: IRA Children’s and Young Adult’s Book Award
category: Young Adult–Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Young People's Literature, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
category: Children and Young Adult, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Speak