An incredible tale details The Heavenly Village, a place where people who are not ready to give up their earthly understanding of time, routines, and loved ones can keep half their heart in heaven and the other half on earth until they are ready to move on, and the seven people who pass through it on their way to afterlife. ---from the publisher
95 pages 978-0439040969 Ages 9-12
Keywords: death and dying, religion, spirituality, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old
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Here is Cynthia Rylant's most memorable writing yet -- a spiritual novel about the wonders of life and the afterlife. In this book, a series of touching vignettes, she paints a moving picture of the stopping place between heaven and earth -- and in the process, she reminds us that life is an extraordinary gift, and that those we love are never really far away.---from the publisher
