Author: Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent

Date published: November 2, 2010

After the accident of Colton he had to stay a few days in the hospital and one of those days he visited the heaven. After that happening he starts to act very strange and even though his family doesn’t believe him at first, they begin to see Colton’s experience with a lot of sense after some of Colton’s revelations.

Main Characters

Colton Burpo: Colton Burpo is the main character of Heaven is for Real. He was sick so his parents took him to a doctor where according to Colton’s story about he had been in heaven for some time.

Todd Burpo: Todd is the father of Colton and the pastor of a church called Crossroads in Imperial, Nebraska.  Although not many believed in Colton’s story, he believed it.

New words

1. Notch: an angular or V-shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.

2. Lumpectomy: the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.

3. Noncommittal: not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course, or the like.

4. Burst: to break, break open, or fly apart with sudden violence.

5. Rage: angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination).

6. Frame: a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.

7. Vein: one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.

8. Whir: to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound.

Important quotes from the book:

“You might as well tell God what you think. He already knows it anyway.”
― Todd Burpo

This quote is important because Todd said it when he finally realized that he can not hide anything from God and then he started believing in his son’s story.

Recommendations

I really liked reading this book because it is always nice to see the innocence of children and how they cling so much to what they believe and we are difficult to do as some adults happens to us. I enjoy the book and hope that everyone can read it, besides is a story based on real events that makes it more interesting.