Serafina's Promise
Scholastic Inc. · Paperback · July 28, 2015
NAACP Image Award winner and ALA Notable, this luminous, celebrated novel in verse is now in paperback.
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- Who it’s for
- A promise, a difficult path, and verse that keeps the reading close.
- Themes
- Pursuing education, Perseverance through hardship, Separation from family and friends
- Genres
- Caribbean & Latin American Stories, Diversity & Multicultural, Homelessness & Poverty
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NAACP Image Award winner and ALA Notable, this luminous, celebrated novel in verse is now in paperback.
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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?
Verse and Resolve
A promise, a difficult path, and verse that keeps the reading close.
Come here for
- 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
Where it sits
| Homelessness & Poverty | 62% |
|---|---|
| Caribbean & Latin American Stories | 35% |
| Diversity & Multicultural | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Family Stories
- Caribbean & Latin American Stories
- Growing Up
- Authors
- Ann E. Burg
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Published
- July 28, 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Pursuing education · Perseverance through hardship · Separation from family and friends
- Reading lane
- Family Stories