The Bottom Line
What starts out as an adventure turns into a lesson about loyalty, love and the real meaning of family. When you see the world through Heaven's eyes it will never look the same again.
Pros
- Erin Law's enduring bond with her dead mother.
- Friends that act more like family.
- A misfit child with a magical soul.
Cons
- Child abuse in the form of a tattoo.
- The yucky Black Middens.
Description
- Ordinary things are magical and regular people are ghostly presences to be avoided at all costs.
- A world of the imagination becomes reality with danger and mystery is everywhere.
- When Grandpa and Mouse go hunting for treasure throw away objects become prized possessions.
Guide Review - "Heaven Eyes" by David Almond
Erin Law and her orphan friends are seen as "damaged children", comdemned by circumstance to the margins of society with little hope for a better life. The orphange where they live is nothing more than a holding pen keeping the children at bay until they become adults. When Erin and her friends decide to run away from the bleak existance they meet a child named Heaven Eyes who sees everything with wonder and who immediately treats them with love and respect. In Heaven Eye's world damaged goods are magical treasures and "damaged children" are a dream come true. As the orphans delve deeper into the fantasy world of the Black Middens they grow to see themselves in a new light. Touching and mystical, Heaven Eyes is one miraculous tale!
