Most of all, it is about hope, and its power to prevail over any adversity. Burg (Author) 172 ratings Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 7.99 46 Used from 1.59 4 New from 21.99 Paperback 7.67 78 Used from 1.73 25 New from 5. Scholastic Press, 16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-4-9 Burg follows her debut, All the Broken Pieces, with this quieter yet compelling novel in verse about sensitive, ambitious.
It is about friendship, family, time-old tensions between tradition and ambition, and a colourful and distinctive culture (Haitian Creole) that is little written about in children's literature. In a rural village outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family as they await the arrival of the new baby. Serafina's Promise Hardcover Septemby Ann E. It is about a young girl's passion and struggle to rise up from extreme poverty. This tender, transcendent novel in verse is about much more than a terrible natural disaster. And then the devastating earthquakehits, and Serafina discovers that she must find understanding in her own heart. Why does Maman only care about work? Doesn't she know that education is the road to freedom? If only she understood Serafina better.
But what Serafina wants most of all is to go to school like her friend Nadia, and to become a doctor likeAntoinette Solaine, who tried to save her baby brother, Pierre. In a rural village outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family as they await the arrival of the new baby. A luminous novel in verse from the author of the Jefferson Cup award winner of All the Broken Pieces She wants to go to school and become a doctor with her best friend, Julie Marie.
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