Serafina's Promise

Name: Serafina's Promise
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ann E. Burg
ISBN: 9781666185041

Author: Ann E. Burg

Narrator: Carmen Jewel Jones

Unabridged: 3 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/22/2022

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Poetry, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

A luminous novel in verse from the author of the Jefferson Cup award winner All the Broken Pieces.

Serafina has a secret dream.

She wants to go to school and become a doctor with her best friend, Julie Marie.

But in their rural village outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
many obstacles stand in Serafina's way—little money, never-ending chores, and Manman's worries.

More powerful even than all of these are the heavy rains and the shaking earth that test Serafina's resolve in ways she never dreamed.

At once heartbreaking and hopeful, this exquisitely crafted story will leave a lasting impression on your heart.

About Ann E. Burg

Ann E. Burg's debut novel, All the Broken Pieces, was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a Jefferson Cup Award winner, and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society. Her follow-up, Serafina's Promise, was an ALA Notable Book, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Her latest novel, Unbound, was the winner of the New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize and the Christopher Award, among other distinctions. Burg worked as an English teacher for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on October 05, 2013

Although her daily life is filled with work, and sometimes she is hungry, Serafina dreams of becoming a doctor and healing others in Haiti. Although she learns about herbal medicine from her beloved grandmother, Gogo, she also wants to learn about medicine that is dispensed from pill bottles. The de......more

Goodreads review by The Styling Librarian on June 21, 2014

I loved this book. Loved x 50. I highly recommend sharing this book with however many children you can… it is simply beautiful. Not only do you have a beautiful novel in verse but such a powerful message you won’t believe it… Serafina’s Promise by Ann E. Burg - Realistic Fiction/Survival/Adventure –......more

Goodreads review by Alex on December 17, 2013

Living in abject poverty in Haiti, 11 year old Serafina makes a secret promise to her deceased little brother Pierre that she will someday go to school and become a healer so that she can save little babies like him. She wants to be just like her hero Antoinette Solaine, the healer who tried to save......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly on October 21, 2021

Gorgeous. I loved the main character, the exciting turn of events, the hopeful ending, the Creole and French languages, the honesty, poetic phrases and lovely wording. It was one of the best novels in verse I’ve read and I would like to read more from this author!......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on December 11, 2013

A moving novel in verse that centers on an 11 year old girl named Serafina and her family and neighbors living in a rural village in Haiti. Description of her daily life and the chores she's responsible for dominate part 1 of the book, but readers learn that Serafina dreams of attending school. Her......more