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Heaven is for Real

Summary
Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent co-wrote this book when Todd Burpo’s three-year-old son had an appendicitis. When Colton’s mother, Sonja, first noticed he was not feeling well she took him to the emergency room and was told that Colton had influenza, as all the tests for a possible appendicitis came back negative. As time passed by, Colton continuously kept throwing up, which is when Todd and Sonja knew that he did not just have influenza. When Todd and Sonja went to a different emergency room with Colton, they were told that Colton had to have an emergency appendectomy as he could possibly die. Months after surviving the emergency surgery to remove his appendix, Colton shared the story of how he left his body during surgery and went to heaven. Colton began describing events and people that seemed impossible for him to have known about.Colton began describing events and people that seemed impossible for him to have known about. Examples include knowledge of an unborn sister miscarried by his mother in 1998 and details of a great-grandfather who had died 30 years before Colton was born. Colton also explained how he met Jesus riding a rainbow-colored horse and sat in Jesus' lap while angels sang songs to him. He also saw Mary kneeling before the throne of God and at other times standing beside Jesus.

Characters
Colton Burpo the three-year-old son (at time of incident) of Todd Burpo and Sonja Burpo, was the one who this happened to. Todd Burpo is the father of Colton Burpo and husband to Sonja Burpo. At the time of the incident, was pastor at a Crossroads church in Nebraska. Sonja Burpo- The mother of Colton Burpo and wife of Todd Burpo, and at the time of the incident was a teacher at a local school. Cassie Burpo is the older sister of Colton Burpo, and daughter to Todd and Sonja Burpo. Pop was Todd Burpo’s grandfather and Dr. O’Holleran was the doctor that preformed the emergency appendectomy on Colton.

Awards
In less than just one year of being released, this book surpassed the 1 million sales and was awarded the Platinum sales Award. Then in 2014 after seeing 10 million copies, the book was then awarded the Diamond Sales Award.

References https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/logical-take/201404/is-heaven-is-real-real https://www.challies.com/articles/the-bestsellers-heaven-is-for-real/