Raising Heaven

By Patrick Jones

Book Overview

Deja's mom has never been there when Deja needed her. She's lied, run off, and gotten into trouble with the law more times than anyone can count. She always promises to changeand always breaks those promises. Nowseventeen years after Deja was born in prisonher mom is back behind bars and having another baby. Deja agrees to raise baby Heaven until her mother returns home. She's determined to give Heaven the loving family life Deja never had. But being a substitute parent is harder than Deja expected. She'll need help from her friends, her grandmother, and even the mother she stopped trusting a long time ago. And she hopes that maybejust maybeshe can keep her promises to Heaven.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467760390
• ISBN13: 9781467760393
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Darby Creek (Tm)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary