When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his
family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. What they weren't
expecting, though, was the story that emerged in the months that
followed-a story as beautiful as it was extraordinary, detailing their
little boy's trip to heaven and back. Colton, not yet four years old,
told his parents he left his body during the surgery-and authenticated
that claim by describing exactly what his parents were doing in another
part of the hospital while he was being operated on. He talked of
visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there
whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before
he was born. He also astonished his parents with descriptions and
obscure details about heaven that matched the Bible exactly, though he
had not yet learned to read. With disarming innocence and the
plainspoken boldness of a child, Colton tells of meeting long-departed
family members. He describes Jesus, the angels, how "really, really big"
God is, and how much God loves us. Retold by his father, but using
Colton's uniquely simple words, Heaven Is for Real offers a glimpse of
the world that awaits us, where as Colton says, "Nobody is old and
nobody wears glasses." Heaven Is for Real will forever change the way
you think of eternity, offering the chance to see, and believe, like a
child.