Serafina's promise

By Ann E. Burg

Subjects: Novels in verse, Haiti, fiction, Family life, fiction, Families, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Earthquakes, Earthquakes, fiction, Fiction, Children's fiction, Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010, Family life

Description: 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. In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Serafina works hard to help her family, but when an earthquake hits, she must summon all her courage to find her father and get medicine for her brother.