內容簡介
Serafina's Promise
全國有色人種協進會形象獎得主和美國作家協會著名小說
風格明亮的詩體小說
塞拉菲娜秘密許諾要和她最好的朋友朱莉·瑪麗一起去學校學習讀書，一起成為醫生。
然而，貧窮與讓胃裡咕咕叫的飢餓，提醒著她生活的種種挑戰，當一場地震來襲，將她與好友家人分開，該如何實現承諾，達成夢想？
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 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?
作者介紹
Ann Burg was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to New Jersey when she was in the third grade. Although she always knew she wanted to be a writer ~ and began writing in earliest childhood ~ Ann studied to become a teacher and taught for ten years. It wasn't until the year 2000, that Ann gave up teaching to pursue writing full-time. Her first books were published in 2003. In 2009, Ann received the Jefferson Cup Award for her poetry novel, All the Broken Pieces. Her latest release, Serafina's Promise, has been designated a Fall 2013 Parent's Choice Gold Award winner. Ann's favorite quote is by Charlotte's Web author, E.B. White. "All I hope to say in books, all I ever hope to say, is that I love the world."
