Promises to the Dead

Hahn, Mary Downing

ISBN 10: 0547258380 / ISBN 13: 9780547258386

Published by Clarion Books, 2009

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Seller Inventory # 0547258380-3-20694745

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Promises to the Dead
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0547258380
• ISBN 13: 9780547258386
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

When Jesse went down to the marsh on that fateful day, he expected to find a turtle for terrapin soup. Instead, he comes across a dying slave woman who makes Jesse promise he'll take her young son, Perry, to a relative in Baltimore. Aiding and abetting a slave is against the law, and it also goes against everything Jesse has been taught to believe. But he can't break a promise to the dead, and, more important, he has to follow what he knows in his heart to be right. The journey is more treacherous than Jesse ever imagined. At the crossroads of a country about to plunge into civil war, danger lurks around every corner. Will these boys on the run ever find a safe haven? Includes an author's note.

About the Author

Mary Downing Hahn's many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.