Raising Heaven

From the Series Locked Out

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

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 change―and always breaks those promises.

Now―seventeen years after Deja was born in prison―her 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 maybe―just maybe―she can keep her promises to Heaven.

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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre High/Low, Young Adult
Copyright 2015
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Darby Creek ™
Language English
Number of Pages 96
Publication Date 2015-01-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.3
Text Type Fiction
BISACS YAF018000, YAF011000, YAF058110
Dewey [Fic]
Dimensions 5.25 x 7.5
Lexile 700
ATOS Reading Level 4.5
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 171231
Accelerated Reader® Points 2.0
Features Author/Illustrator biography and Awards

Author: Patrick Jones

Patrick Jones lives in Minneapolis and is the author of many novels including the Support and Defend series. A former librarian, Jones received lifetime achievement awards from the American Library Association and the Catholic Library Association.

Awards

  • In the Margins: Best Books for Teens Nominee, Nominated, 2015