Serafina's Promise -- Ann E. Burg, Paperback

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.Will she survive to keep it?

Author: Ann E. Burg
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 07/28/2015
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780545535670
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.6
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 160994 / Serafina's Promise

About the Author
Ann Burg's debut novel, All the Broken Pieces, 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, Serafina's Promise, was named an ALA Notable, a Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Her latest novel, Unbound, 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.