Serafina's promise : a novel in verse

Title
Serafina's promise : a novel in verse

Personal Author EPSB
Ann E. Burg

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.

Year Published
2013

Physical Description
299 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject
Novels in verse.
 
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 -- Fiction.
 
Earthquakes -- Fiction.
 
Family life -- Haiti -- Fiction.
 
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) -- Fiction.
 
Haiti -- Fiction.

Genre
Novels in verse.

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.

ISBN
9780545535649

Publisher
New York : Scholastic Press, 2013.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
LymburnFIC BURBook30269000025929Fiction