num_pages: 144
description: Marley has lived in Heaven since she was two years old, when her mother found a postcard postmarked HEAVEN, OH on a park bench and decided that was where she wanted to raise her family.  And for twelve years, Marley's hometown has lived up to its name. She lives in a house by the river, has loving parents, a funny younger brother, good friends, and receives frequent letters from her mysterious Uncle Jack. Then one day a letter arrives from Alabama, and Marley's life is turned upside down. Marley doesn't even know who she is anymore -- but where can she go for answers, when she's been deceived by the very people she should be able to trust the most?
language: English
title: Heaven
titlecomplete: Heaven (Heaven, #1)
genres: Teen, Childrens, Juvenile, African American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Family, Contemporary, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 2522
places: Ohio
series: Heaven
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author, awardedAt: 1514793600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Simon Pulse