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Promise Song

Author Linda Holeman
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Paperback
$9.95 US
Tundra | Tundra Books
5.13"W x 7.62"H x 0.67"D  
On sale Mar 29, 1997 | 264 Pages | 9780887763878
Grade 5 & Up
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The year is 1900 and orphaned 14-year-old Rosetta and her beloved younger sister Flora sail from England as “home girls.” They are sent to Canada so that they can have a chance at family life. Their dreams are shattered when Flora is adopted, but Rosetta is deemed to be too old. She is to become a farm worker, far from Flora’s new home.

Rosetta’s only dream is to find her sister. But slowly and against her will, she is drawn into the lives of the strange couple with whom she has been placed. It is soon clear to her that their home is full of fear and sorrow.

As her relationship develops with the farmer’s wife, Rosetta learns that true sisterhood can take many forms. The support the two young women offer one another makes each one stronger until they find a way to follow their dreams.
© Randall Freeman

LINDA HOLEMAN is the author of The Lost Souls of Angelkov, as well as the internationally bestselling historical novels The Linnet Bird, The Moonlit Cage, In a Far Country and The Saffron Gate, and eight other works of fiction and short fiction. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages. A world traveller, she grew up in Winnipeg, and now lives in Toronto and Santa Monica, California.

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Praise for Promise Song:

“Holeman’s story has plenty of authentic detail and vivid description … [she] has done an excellent job of bringing this period to life.”
— Winnipeg Free Press

Praise for Mercy’s Birds:

“Eloquent and impacting, Mercy’s story is an engrossing one, charged with emotional depth.”
— Booklist

“…this novel will engage readers…Rosetta’s pluck and determination make her an admirable heroine, and the story is exciting.”
–School Library Journal

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The year is 1900 and orphaned 14-year-old Rosetta and her beloved younger sister Flora sail from England as “home girls.” They are sent to Canada so that they can have a chance at family life. Their dreams are shattered when Flora is adopted, but Rosetta is deemed to be too old. She is to become a farm worker, far from Flora’s new home.

Rosetta’s only dream is to find her sister. But slowly and against her will, she is drawn into the lives of the strange couple with whom she has been placed. It is soon clear to her that their home is full of fear and sorrow.

As her relationship develops with the farmer’s wife, Rosetta learns that true sisterhood can take many forms. The support the two young women offer one another makes each one stronger until they find a way to follow their dreams.

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© Randall Freeman

LINDA HOLEMAN is the author of The Lost Souls of Angelkov, as well as the internationally bestselling historical novels The Linnet Bird, The Moonlit Cage, In a Far Country and The Saffron Gate, and eight other works of fiction and short fiction. Her books have been translated into eighteen languages. A world traveller, she grew up in Winnipeg, and now lives in Toronto and Santa Monica, California.

View titles by Linda Holeman

Praise

Praise for Promise Song:

“Holeman’s story has plenty of authentic detail and vivid description … [she] has done an excellent job of bringing this period to life.”
— Winnipeg Free Press

Praise for Mercy’s Birds:

“Eloquent and impacting, Mercy’s story is an engrossing one, charged with emotional depth.”
— Booklist

“…this novel will engage readers…Rosetta’s pluck and determination make her an admirable heroine, and the story is exciting.”
–School Library Journal

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