- Meet Author and Journalist Jeffrey Zaslow - Special Start Time - 6pm(2 days)
- Meet Author Naomi Benaron(4 days)
- Special Saturday Story Time at Nicola's Books - Special Guest Mr. Laurence and CD Release Concert for "The Teddy Bear's Picnic!"(6 days)
- Not Just For Kids Series "Romona Quimby" at the Michigan Theater(7 days)
- Master Gardener Talk at Nicola's Books - Raised Bed Construction and Gardening(8 days)
- An Evening with Nicholas Delbanco - Author and Professor at the University of Michigan(10 days)
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 form 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?
About the Author
ANGELA JOHNSON has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels The First Part Last, Heaven, and Toning the Sweep. The First Part Last was also the recipient of the Michael L Printz Award. She has written numerous books for younger readers, including the Coretta Scott King Honor Book When I Am Old with You, illustrated by David Soman; Wind Flyers and I Dream of Trains, both illustrated by Loren Long; A Sweet Smell of Roses; Lottie Paris Lives Here; and the upcoming All Different Now (2013). In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio.













