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I am not going to take the time to link to three excerpts if I merely liked these books.

When I saw it in the store, I let out a high happy squeal, because now I know there is some sweet goodness inside.Īn excerpt of The First Part Last, an excerpt of Heaven, an excerpt of Sweet, Hereafter. Now I am very excited about Sweet, Hereafter, it was released in January. Like The First Part Last, I read it in one sitting. Her voice is beautiful, sweet, questioning, and authentic. 14 yr old Marley, lives in a small town called Heaven, OH.

I picked up Johnson's Heaven a day later. By I time I figured out was going on it was too late, Johnson had already captured my heart. Only 131 pages and it hits as hard as a book twice its size, maybe more so - there is a reason and a need for every word. Many things contributed to the beauty of this story, one is Johnson's less is more approach. The novel looks at teenage pregnancy from the boys point of view. On his 16th birthday, Bobby's girlfriend Nia tells him she is pregnant. I read The First Part Last in one sitting. Johnson's writing hooked me from the first page. The order in which these two books are read doesn't matter. Heaven, was published first but I started with The First Part Last. With the coming release of Sweet, Hereafter (now on sale), the final book in the Heaven trilogy, it was time I finally read the first two books. I've heard for years that The First Part Last and Heaven by Johnson are beautifully crafted.