Heaven Looks a lot like the Mall by: Wendy Mass. Little Brown and Company
Genre: Fiction
In Heaven looks a lot like the Mall, high school junior Tessa Reynolds must figure just out who she wants to be. Taking place in her hometown mall where she grew up she figures out just exactly who she is.
“Funny, thought-provoking, and at times heartbreaking” the back cover reads “This story will entertain and inspire readers"
Heaven looks a lot like the Mall shows Tessa a high school student that falls into a coma after getting hit in the head with a dodge bal during a gym class. While in a coma she goes to what she thinks she is heaven which she experiences as her local mall where both her parents work.
There she meets Jake a boy who was involved in a drill bit accident. He shows her all the things that she had bought in the mall. She revisits the key events from her life that she experienced. During which time she must look at her life and reevaluate herself and how she wants to live.
The reader is allowed to witness how Tessa grows up and matures. She does this by watching her find out just who she is by going back to where she grew up, her local mall.
The writing style is told in first person through the eyes of Tessa. Mass uses detail to allow you to see just how everyone felt at every point throughout the book. Also as the book went on and Tessa became more mature there was increasingly more detail. This is the only book I have read by Wendy Mass and I thought the writing style was really unique and had never read another book like it.
“He leans forward and locks his eyes with mine. ‘I’m going to tell you a secret. Our lives are shaped by the future, not by the past. Once you decide how you want your life to be, all you need to do is live into that future.’ (241).
It was the first time reading a book by Wendy Mass and I enjoyed every minute of it. I liked how the book was set up in the traditional story line like books such as It’s a Wonderful Life, and A Christmas Carol, but with a modern twist that made it exciting and interesting.
Genre: Fiction
In Heaven looks a lot like the Mall, high school junior Tessa Reynolds must figure just out who she wants to be. Taking place in her hometown mall where she grew up she figures out just exactly who she is.
“Funny, thought-provoking, and at times heartbreaking” the back cover reads “This story will entertain and inspire readers"
Heaven looks a lot like the Mall shows Tessa a high school student that falls into a coma after getting hit in the head with a dodge bal during a gym class. While in a coma she goes to what she thinks she is heaven which she experiences as her local mall where both her parents work.
There she meets Jake a boy who was involved in a drill bit accident. He shows her all the things that she had bought in the mall. She revisits the key events from her life that she experienced. During which time she must look at her life and reevaluate herself and how she wants to live.
The reader is allowed to witness how Tessa grows up and matures. She does this by watching her find out just who she is by going back to where she grew up, her local mall.
The writing style is told in first person through the eyes of Tessa. Mass uses detail to allow you to see just how everyone felt at every point throughout the book. Also as the book went on and Tessa became more mature there was increasingly more detail. This is the only book I have read by Wendy Mass and I thought the writing style was really unique and had never read another book like it.
“He leans forward and locks his eyes with mine. ‘I’m going to tell you a secret. Our lives are shaped by the future, not by the past. Once you decide how you want your life to be, all you need to do is live into that future.’ (241).
It was the first time reading a book by Wendy Mass and I enjoyed every minute of it. I liked how the book was set up in the traditional story line like books such as It’s a Wonderful Life, and A Christmas Carol, but with a modern twist that made it exciting and interesting.
