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9/2/13 Journal Entry#1 Pages: 1- 27
Sonja Burpo - Mother to Colton and Cassie. Has a master in Library Science. Plays on the adult softball team with her husband Todd.
Todd Burpo - Main character, author and narrator of the book. Father to Colton, Cassie and husband to Sonja. Works as a pastor for a small Christian church and has a garage door business as a side job.
Cassie Burpo - Oldest child of the Burpo family. Sister to Colton. And is said by her father to be “a slightly gangly 6 year old. Smart as a whip” (Burpo 3).
Colton - Second main character in the book. The youngest member of the Burpo family. Almost 4 years old. Colton was said to be: “...a smart, funny little guy with a black-and-white way of looking at life. Something was either fun (LEGOs) or it wasn’t (Barbies)” (Burpo 4).
Todd Burpo is a very strong believer in god. Breaks his leg, Gets kidney stone and has a cancer scare but over comes all his obstacles with the help of his family
Colton gets sick during dads work trip forcing Burpo family to head back home.“he was a smart, funny little guy with a black-and-white way of looking at life. Something was either fun (LEGOs) or it wasn’t (Barbies)” (Burpo 4).
Todd and Sonja were not receiving any answers from the Imperial Hospital on Colton’s diagnosis, the Burpo family heads to The North Platte Hospital to see if they can make Colton feel like himself again.
?Questions?: Does Colton actually die on page 27 when sonja says: “he was a smart, funny little guy with a black-and-white way of looking at life. Something was either fun (LEGOs) or it wasn’t (Barbies)” (Burpo 4).
Personal Reflection
In the book Heaven is for Real , I read about the Burpo family. I found it hard to connect to the character Todd Burpo because of his devout religious views on life. Although I was baptized, I grew up in a Unitarian Universalist home and was never educated on the bible, this makes it
9/2/13 Journal Entry#1 Pages: 1- 27
Sonja Burpo - Mother to Colton and Cassie. Has a master in Library Science. Plays on the adult softball team with her husband Todd.
Todd Burpo - Main character, author and narrator of the book. Father to Colton, Cassie and husband to Sonja. Works as a pastor for a small Christian church and has a garage door business as a side job.
Cassie Burpo - Oldest child of the Burpo family. Sister to Colton. And is said by her father to be “a slightly gangly 6 year old. Smart as a whip” (Burpo 3).
Colton - Second main character in the book. The youngest member of the Burpo family. Almost 4 years old. Colton was said to be: “...a smart, funny little guy with a black-and-white way of looking at life. Something was either fun (LEGOs) or it wasn’t (Barbies)” (Burpo 4).
Todd Burpo is a very strong believer in god. Breaks his leg, Gets kidney stone and has a cancer scare but over comes all his obstacles with the help of his family
Colton gets sick during dads work trip forcing Burpo family to head back home.“he was a smart, funny little guy with a black-and-white way of looking at life. Something was either fun (LEGOs) or it wasn’t (Barbies)” (Burpo 4).
Todd and Sonja were not receiving any answers from the Imperial Hospital on Colton’s diagnosis, the Burpo family heads to The North Platte Hospital to see if they can make Colton feel like himself again.
?Questions?: Does Colton actually die on page 27 when sonja says: “he was a smart, funny little guy with a black-and-white way of looking at life. Something was either fun (LEGOs) or it wasn’t (Barbies)” (Burpo 4).
Personal Reflection
In the book Heaven is for Real , I read about the Burpo family. I found it hard to connect to the character Todd Burpo because of his devout religious views on life. Although I was baptized, I grew up in a Unitarian Universalist home and was never educated on the bible, this makes it