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Serafina's Promise - by Ann E Burg (Paperback)

Serafina's Promise - by  Ann E Burg (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine for her sick baby brother as she promised.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>NAACP Image Award winner and ALA Notable, this luminous, celebrated novel in verse is now in paperback.<p></p>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.Will she survive to keep it?<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Awards and Nominations for SERAFINA'S PROMISE: Kirkus Best Book of the YearParents' Choice Gold Award winnerSchool Library Journal Best Books of the YearNew York Public Library 100 Books for Giving and SharingThe Herald-Sun Wilde Award for Longer books, Middle grade novelCybils Awards Finalists, Middle Grade FictionNAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work-Youth/Teens nomineeALA Notable BookALA Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social StudiesMichigan Great Lakes Great Books Award nomineeBank Street College Children's Book Committee - Best Children's Books of the YearAmericas Award, Commended Title<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Ann Burg's debut novel, <i>All the Broken Pieces</i>, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Jefferson Cup award winner and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, among its many honors. Her follow-up, <i>Serafina's Promise</i>, was named an ALA Notable, a Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Her latest novel, <i>Unbound</i>, was the winner of the New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize and the Christopher Award, among other distinctions. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family. Visit her online at annburg.com.

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