The Heaven Shop

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Author- Deborah Ellis
Genre- Fiction
Theme- Be resilient
Target audience- 10+

I chose be resilient for the theme because when Binti's dad died from pneumonia and  everyone made her sad and angry, she kept going in life and never gave up.

I chose 10+ for the target audience because you have to concentrate quite a bit to understand the book. Some people had AIDS and it is a real life thing so people might get confused.

This book is about Binti's Mother who died before the story started, so Junie (her older sister) was taking care of Kwasi (her older brother) and Binti since she was 10 years old. Then when Junie was 16 she was engaged to Noelle and her Father was dying. Everyone thought that her father was dying because of AIDS but it was because of pneumonia. Noelle broke off the engagement to respect his family's wishes.

Then, what happens Binti and Junie got split up with Kwasi to different Aunts and Uncles. They are literally child slaves. Around that time Kwasi was sent to jail for stealing food because he was starving. Then, Binti and Junie escaped this cruelty and got split up. Binti move to her Go Go's house with a few other children For Go Go takes when their mother or Father is ill or about to die of AIDS. Binti remembers her old life and they start a coffin shop like her father's because everyone keeps dying. That is when all the siblings reunite and Go Go dies.

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars ⛦ because this book was really emotional and I really wanted to cry (I didn't). It got even scarier because this is a situation that happens in real life all the time. It was just so real and it felt like you were with Binti, the whole time.

The question of the blog is do you like drawing? I chose this question because Kwasi liked drawing. I like drawing, but I am not very good at it. I especially like drawing flowers and roses.

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