More Sunshine State young readers
I'm digging through the Sunshine State Young Reader list for grades 3-5. I hope I'll have the stamina to read the 6-8 list and maybe even the Teen Reads. I've also started on the picture books. Surely during the summer break I'll have more time (she said optimistically). This first one is called "Serafina's Promise" by Ann Burg. This book is written in verse and it's about a girl named Serafina who lives with her parents and her grandmother. Serafina also has a baby brother who is sick. Serafina's family lives in Haiti (which is never stated but you can kind of figure it out. The kids might need help though). Her family is too poor for her to go to school but when they visit the doctor, Serafina is inspired to become a doctor, and so she starts trying to think of ways to convince her mother that it's a good idea to let her go to school. Her mother has had a lot of trauma in her life (which you learn about as you read) and so lettin...