In this final book of the "Heaven" trilogy, Sweet leaves home and meets Curtis, a soldier from Iraq, and they spend time together at his cabin in the woods until Curtis gets orders to return to Iraq. Sweet must deal with what the war has done to Curtis and the possibility of losing someone that she loves.
Fifteen-year-old Kambili leaves her affluent family to live with her aunt in another Nigerian city shortly before a military coup threatens the country.
Teenager Lucy arrives in America from the West Indies to work as a nanny for Lewis and Mariah and their four children, but she quickly realizes that the world of this family is far from perfect.
Everyone in the family believes that fourteen-year-old John will grow up to be a minister like his step-father. John's sister tries to bring him down because of his loss of faith and identity.
Pecola Breedlove is a young black girl who longs for the blond hair and blue eyes that define beauty and acceptance for her. As she yearns to fit in, her life begins to fall apart.
The Scar Boys band is on the brink of falling apart in the midst of broken relationships, too much drinking, and secrets that shouldn't be hidden. Cheyenne, Harry, and Richie tell their stories of rising to fame as rock musicians.
Osmel's dreams of becoming a meteorologist are shattered when he discovers that he is undocumented. His fears grow when his father is arrested by ICE. Fearful of how others will react, he tells only his school counselor, and tries to deal with his anxiety alone.
