Serafina's Promise [Paperback]

NAACP Image Award winner and ALA Notable, this luminous, celebrated novel in verse is now in paperback.



Serafina made a secret promise

to go to school and learn to read

so she can become a doctor

with her best friend, Julie Marie.



But following her dream isn't easy-

endless chores, little money

and stomach-rumbling hunger

all 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?

Awards and Nominations for SERAFINA'S PROMISE:



Kirkus Best Book of the Year

Parents' Choice Gold Award winner

School Library Journal Best Books of the Year

New York Public Library 100 Books for Giving and Sharing

The Herald-Sun Wilde Award for Longer books, Middle grade novel

Cybils Awards Finalists, Middle Grade Fiction

NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work-Youth/Teens nominee

ALA Notable Book

ALA Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

Michigan Great Lakes Great Books Award nominee

Bank Street College Children's Book Committee - Best Children's Books of the Year

Americas Award, Commended Title

Ann Burg's debut novel, ALL THE BROKEN PIECES, was named a Jefferson Cup award winner and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, among its many honors. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family. You can visit her online at www.annburg.com