A review by knittykittycraft
I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day

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  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

Well, I didn't expect to sob like this over a middle grade book but here we are.  Really well told story of a modern tween learning her mother's adoption story. It starts off very usual tween-girl-friend-drama.  Most of the book is Edith, the main character, grappling with how to confront her parents about a secret. Talk of bullying and racism. The last chapter or two gets into an emotionally intense story of her mother's family history. Good for tweens and young teens grappling with big life stuff as well as education about the darker parts of American history and how it still effects families today.  
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