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?
Paperback, 304 pages
Age: 12 years and up, Young Adult
ISBN 9780545535670
