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Heaven Eyes

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Gifted Broadway, film and television actress Amanda Plummer brings excitement and drama to her reading of this imaginative tale.

Erin and January have run away from the children's home before; they're both adventuresome and brave for ones so young. But this escape takes a frightening turn when they find themselves afloat on a deep, dark river, carried by powerful currents until they find a one-of-a-kind girl called Heaven Eyes.

Now, not only does Heaven Eyes have a strange appearance - webbed hands and feet - but, she apparently has the ability to help these children find their place in the world.

This is a story of courage, confidence, and comradery, a haunting narrative not easily forgotten.

Heaven Eyes is a complex novel that examines the emotions experienced by a group of kids who run away from a children's home. Erin, January, and Mouse are the three main children from the children's home, Whitegates. These three children have been lefted at this home by their parents, in the care of Maureen, the social worker. Maureen believes that these children are damaged and without hope of surviving in the world. These children carry with them memories of their former lives, their "treasures," and this gives them a chance from which to develop has individuals.
Erin and January have a very strong friendship. Erin and January have always run away together, but have always returned safely. Erin, January, and Mouse decided to run away by floating downstream on a raft that January built. Little did they know that they would be washed up on the soft mud of Black Middens. The children were rescued by the ghosts Heaven Eyes and Grampa. Heaven Eyes tells the children that she was rescued from the mud years ago and by Grampa and that he was her caretaker. Grampa has a great desire to keep Heaven Eyes with him, which causes him to put the lives of other in danger. Everynight, Grampa digs in the mud of the Black Middens hoping to find treasures that will tell the story of Heaven Eyes' past. As time goes on, one night Grampa found the treasures to Heaven Eyes past. It was not long after the treasures were found when Grampa died. As a result of Grampa's death, the children decided to take Heaven Eyes back to Whitegates with them to live. When they arrived at Whitegates everyone was so happy to see them and also the friend that they brought back with them.
Heaven Eyes is a story about love and recovery as well as loss. This is a true literacy fiction for a younger audience. This book may be a little hard for young children (4th-6th graders) to understand, but a 7th grader should be able to understand it as well as enjoy it. This book was very interesting to us and we highly recommend it to those who have not read it.

I think this is one of the best books I have read ever. It is a great story and I love the way they discover the girl Heaven Eyes. This book is great and it is hard for me to imagine someone not liking it.

David Almond is by far one of the best Authors I have ever read. His books are so good and not like anything I have read before. The Story is a mostly realistic enviroment but one element is added that is not real. (that being Heaven Eyes)

It is about 2 kids that run away from where they lived, a center for 'damaged' children. This time they take a raft and float down the river until they get stuck in the Black Middens, which is a muddy part of the river. A girl with webed hands pulls them out tells them they are her brothers and sister. When she shows them to her grandpa he says they are not her brothers and sister, That they are ghosts. (which he refers to real people as) Erin Law (the main character) comes to Love Heaven Eyes as her sister and when her Grandpa dies they take her back to the place they live. Heaven learns that she was not just a creature pulled out of the mud, that she had a mum and a dad and 2 brothers too.

This is one of the best books I have ever read and I would recomend it to almost any one.

This book just by looking at the cover will pull you right in. This is a fantasy, suspensful, mystery, with a little spooky feeling to it. When I read the back, it made me want to read the book, "Welcome into the world out of the dark." It made me feel like I had to find out what happens! I highly recommend this book to pretty much anyone, because it has a little bit of everything in it.
Heaven Eyes is about kids who live at a place called White Gates. The kids live there because their parents died or couldn't take care of them anymore. The lady, who basicly runs the place is called Maureen, the kids aren't very fond of her, because she makes them do a circle time to talk about what happened to them. Erin, January, and Mouse decide to run away. They have ran away before but this time they want to get away! January built a raft out of three doors to sail across the river, but end up sailing right in to the black Black Middens. Grampa is digging on a moony night with Heaven Eyes, when they spot Mouse, Erin, and January in the black Middens. Grampa and Heaven Eyes drag them to shore. They bring them to the shelter of the printing works, Grampa's office. From there on they create a story that will last forever.
This book has suspense, mystery, fantasy, and a little spooky feeling. I read "Skelling," another book by David Almond, and loved it! My cousin also reccomned this book to me, and David Almond now is my favorite author. I highly recommend

Almond has once again struck a lovely dark chord with Heaven Eyes. His language is lyrical and addictive. Some may have found the language of Heaven Eyes'character irritatating, but I found it enchanting and it enhanced the fairy tale quality of this interesting book. Her voice is what the makes the story a great read aloud. The Black Middens, the warehouses, the debris, all of the settings, gave me a futuristic feeling, while at the same time, the characters felt of an older world....making the story timeless. Almond has a unquie way of taking the dark and mysterious, and turning it warm, emotional and familiar. Erin Law is a great female character...gutsy, and sensitive all wrapped up in one. If you are an Almond fan....here you go ....another great adventure from one of my favorite master storytellers.

"We come into the world out of the dark. We haven't a clue where we come from. We've no idea where we are going. But while we're here in the world, if we're brave enough, we'll flap our wings and fly".

Erin, January and Mouse are damaged children. Having lost their parents, the three are cared for in an orphanage, Whitegates, where they lack the warmth and love they crave. After deciding to run away, the children sail down the river on a makeshift raft, only to run aground on the swamp-like "Black Middens". As they crawl from the mud, they encounter Heaven Eyes, a girl with webs between her fingers and the ability to see through the darkness of the world to the heaven beneath.

Heaven Eyes immediately assumes the three children are her long lost sister and brothers and pleads with them to stay. Together with her only companion, an old man known simply as `Grampa', Heaven Eyes lives in an abandoned factory beside the river. The girl's innocence and beauty intrigues the three children, particularly Erin, who comes to be Heaven's "bestest friend". As the story progresses, the mysterious past of Heaven Eyes is revealed and dreams and reality mix.

"Heaven Eyes" is David Almond's third novel for children. The reader is skilfully drawn into dark, dream-like places before finally being lead out into the light. As in his two previous works, "Skellig" and "Kit's Wilderness", the plot is magical, a mix of fantasy and reality that won't fail to enchant. Whereas the previous two books are set in the air and underground respectively, Heaven Eyes revolves around and in water. The story flows in a way that reflects the river it is set around and the lack of realism in regards to the story and characters only adds to the mystical air of the book. Although I prefer his other two works, Heaven Eyes is a unique, unusual and special book.

The only problem I have with this book is the lack of realism in the portrayal of the characters, in regards to their speech, actions and behaviour, which is not in keeping with their age. A minor point is that the way Heaven Eyes talks can become irritating, but these things can be overlooked in favour of the books positive points.

If you enjoyed "Heaven Eyes", I would recommend Skellig and Kit's Wilderness, both by the same author, and the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman.

I just finished this book today! It was an exellent book! To me this book was suspence full and i read it really cast because of that i was glad when the book was over cause i knew what happened but i was also sad that this great adventure came to a stop. I think that you should read this spectacular fantasy!

Mystical is the only way I can accurately describe this book. Almond's use of the English language is amazing. There are very few books where the writing doesn't get in the way of the story. In this book, the writing is so beautiful, so perfect, that it only enhances the story. Yes, it is a bit of a melancholy story. However, it is full of hope and life throughout.

This is a truly wonderful book. It feels very magical and when you read it you'd feel like it was a beautiful dream. Erin Law is the narrator and she is a restless orphan who misses her mother and longs for excitement. So she and her friends set off on a raft (made out of three doors) and are thrust into adventure

If you want to read a good book, well you better read this great book by David Almond, the author of "Kit's Wilderness" and "Skellig" along with many others.
If you want suspence and adventure, then this is the book for you. "Heaven Eyes" is one of the best writen book I have ever read. if you read this book, then I promise you, you will be swept away in a world unknown to most of all mankind. This place is a place that you can escape to when ever you want.
Heaven Eyes is a young girl living with her granfather in a wreackage site. Her life changes when Erin Law, January Carr, and Mouse Gullence get swept in with the tide from the "Black Middens".
This book is truly one of the best books ever writen. Read this book, and you will understand one of the reasons we were put on tis planet.