I can make this promise

Resource Information

The work I can make this promise represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Hamilton-Wenham Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

I can make this promise

Statement of responsibility

Christine Day

Creator

• Day, Christine, 1993-

Author

• Day, Christine, 1993-

Subject

• Children's literature
• Coast Salish Indians -- Fiction
• Coast Salish Indians -- Juvenile fiction
• Domestic fiction
• Families -- Washington (State) | Seattle -- Juvenile fiction
• Family life -- Washington (State) | Seattle -- Fiction
• Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
• Identity -- Fiction
• Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Fiction
• Indians of North America -- Washington (State) -- Juvenile fiction
• JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Adoption
• Adoption -- Fiction
• JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism
• Novels
• Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction
• Seattle (Wash.) -- Juvenile fiction
• Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction
• Secrets -- Fiction
• JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American
• Adoption -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• Novels
• Domestic fiction
• Children's literature

Language

eng

Summary

Edie has always known that she is half Native American. She also knows that her mom was adopted by a white couple and has no connection to her birth family. So even though Edie is curious to learn about her heritage, she realizes her mom doesn't have any answers. That is, until the summer day when she and her friends discover a box hidden in the attic, full of old photos of a woman who looks just like Edie and letters signed "Love, Edith." Suddenly, Edie has a flurry of new quesions about this woman who shares her name. Could she belong to the Native family that Edie never knew about? But if her mom and dad have kept this secret from her all her life, how can she trust them to tell her the truth now? In this poignant and powerful novel, debut author Christine Day tells the story of a girl grappling with her family's complicated story - and figuring out how to tell her own. --

Assigning source

From dust jacket

Awards note

American Indian Youth Literature Award - Middle School, Honor Book, 2020

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 813/.6
• [Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• HL610L
• Decoding: 5 (very hard)
• Vocabulary: 5 (very hard)
• Sentences: 5 (very hard)
• Patterns: 5 (very hard)
• 008-012

Intended audience source

• lexile
• Lexile

Interest level

MG

LC call number

• PS3604.A9855
• PZ7.1.D392

LC item number

• I23 2019
• Iaf 2019

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Reading level

4.4

Study program name

Accelerated Reader

Target audience

pre adolescent