heavenisforreal

__ Heaven is for Real __ by Todd Burpo ISBN: 978-0-8499-4615-8 ©2010 345 pages (on my iPad)

pp. 24-36 (on an iPad) where Colton talks to his parents for the first time about angels singing to him when he was in surgery earlier that year
 * Good sections to read aloud: **

In this true story, Colton Burpo is four when he gets very sick. His parents think he has the flu as his symptoms pass after a 24 hour period of time. When the symptoms come back, and are even worse than they were the first time around, they take him to a hospital upon arriving home from a trip. While there, he gets progressively worse, and the hospital continues to say they cannot find anything wrong with him. Colton’s parents check him out of that hospital and take him to another one an hour and a half away. Upon arriving there they find out his appendix has ruptured and filled him with deadly fluids. Emergency surgery is performed to save his life. His dad, a pastor, gets very angry with God and prays for his son to make it through. He does, but not without a lot of complications. Months later Colton stuns his parents by describing in detail (and accurate at that), different aspects of Jesus Christ, Heaven, God, angels, and other family members who have passed on that he would not have known. Thus __Heaven is for Real__ is ‘born.’ This book changes your view on a lot of things, and keeps you rooting for Colton, his family, and in general, the ‘good’ in life.
 * Summary: **

YA nonfiction: Heaven; Christianity; near death experiences; religious aspects


 * ©Jennifer Lang - WDMS – 2013 **