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Title: Scandal in Heaven
Review: The narrator, 12-year-old Honey DeLoach, lives with her parents and 14-year-old brother in Heaven, Florida, (pop. 6) where nothing ever happens. Things do begin to happen when Miriam Season and her two daughters, Christmas and Easter, move into the huge home they have built down the road. Honey and Christmas become best friends, and Honey learns the value of strong family bonds. Honey's brother, Willie-Boy, learns some lessons too from the rebellious 17-year-old Easter. I'm not sure where this book is best suited. The odd-ball characters will not appeal to readers beyond 8th or 9th grade, but some of the salacious plot lines make it inappropriate for younger readers (Easter invites Willie-Boy to go skinny-dipping and later they sneak off together overnight: she's 17; he's 14).I think the author has tried to cover too much ground and missed the mark all around.
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