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Serafina's Promise

Name: Serafina's Promise
ISBN: 9780545535670

Ann E. Burg

Scholastic Inc. · Paperback · July 28, 2015

Reading lane: Immigration & Moving

NAACP Image Award winner and ALA Notable, this luminous, celebrated novel in verse is now in paperback.

US: African American Stories Prejudice & Racism Immigration & Moving poetry

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Why This Clicks

Verse and Resolve

A promise, a difficult path, and verse that keeps the reading close.

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A girl's resolve to learn, even as hardship gathers
A promise tested by everyday struggle

Expect

A novel in verse
Hunger, hard work, and an earthquake test her resolve

Book Details

Authors: Ann E. Burg
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: July 28, 2015
Format: Paperback
Theme: Immigration & Moving · Prejudice & Racism
Reading lane: Immigration & Moving

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Family Stories
Caribbean & Latin American Stories
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About This Book

NAACP Image Award winner and ALA Notable, this luminous, celebrated novel in verse is now in paperback. Serafina made a secret promiseto go to school and learn to readso she can become a doctorwith her best friend, Julie Marie.But following her dream isn't easy-endless chores, little moneyand stomach-rumbling hungerall test her resolve.When an earthquake hits and separates Serafina from friends and family,she encounters her biggest test of all.Serafina made a secret promise....

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