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Serafina's promise : a novel in verse /

In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine for her sick baby brother as she promised.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burg, Ann E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Scholastic Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Haiti > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Novels in verse.
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) > Juvenile fiction.
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 > Fiction.
Earthquakes > Fiction.
Family life > Haiti > Fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) > Fiction.
Haiti > Fiction.
Description
Summary:In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine for her sick baby brother as she promised.
Physical Description:299 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780545535649 (alk. paper)
0545535646 (alk. paper)