Serafina's Promise

Serafina's Promise

<DIV>NAACP Image Award winner and ALA Notable, this luminous, celebrated novel in verse is now in paperback.<br></br><br></br>Serafina made a secret promise<br></br>to go to school and learn to read<br></br>so she can become a doctor<br></br>with her best friend, Julie Marie.<br></br><br></br>But following her dream isn't easy-<br></br>endless chores, little money<br></br>and stomach-rumbling hunger<br></br>all test her resolve.<br></br><br></br>When an earthquake hits <br></br>and separates Serafina <br></br>from friends and family,<br></br>she encounters her biggest test of all.<br></br><br></br>Serafina made a secret promise.<br></br>Will she survive to keep it?<br></br></DIV>