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Day, Christine. I CAN MAKE THIS PROMISE New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HaperCollins Publishers, [2019] IL 5-8 ISBN 9780062871992 2 booktalks |
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Booktalk #1 Edie knows that her Indigenous mom was adopted by a white couple as a baby, but that is all she knows about her heritage. That is until one day when she finds a box of letters in the attic and a photograph of a young woman which holds the key to discovering more about her family’s past. Realistic Fiction. (Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2021) Booktalk #2 If you enjoy stories with family secrets, lying parents, mean friends, mysteries, and unexpected endings, then this may be the book for you. Edie knows that her Native American mother was adopted by a white couple, but her mother never talks about her childhood. Then one day, she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attic filled with letters signed “Love, Edith,” and photos of a woman who looks just like Edie - and Edie realizes that her parents have been lying to her for her entire life. As the mystery of Edie’s name and family is solved, we experience Edie’s first glimpses of her Native family. I Can Make This Promise is based on Christine Day’s family history, the U.S. government’s role in separating Native children from their families, and the way Native Americans have been portrayed in movies and other media sources. This is an important book about one Native girl’s journey to learn about both her people and herself. (Vermont Middle Grade Book Award, 2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Identity -- Fiction. Family life -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Fiction. Secrets -- Fiction. Coast Salish Indians -- Fiction. Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Fiction. Adoption -- Fiction. Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction. |
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