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Broken Promises
Paperback
Series: Mission Bells, Book 3
Publisher Price: $10.99
ISBN13: 9780967330082
Publisher: Luz Publications
Published: Feb 7 2023
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
2022 SFWC YA Fiction Writing Contest Winner
The tightly
wound plot flows effortlessly from one moment to the next.... readers will find themselves inspired by the future Sparrow creates for herself and those around
her. - Kirkus Reviews
Young Sparrow's dilemma had me wondering how she was going to make her way through such a tension-filled situation. I could almost see her growing up, finding unexpected allies, and using her mama's native skills as she faced the political firestorm of the 1840s in California. -Stephanie Foster, author of Take Action: Fighting for Women & Girls
In 1844, fifteen-year-old Sparrow fears what dilemmas her grown-up life will encounter. Sparrow's mother is from the Chumash nation whose territory borders the Pacific. Her father is an American trapper and trader sent by his government to explore the rich California land owned by Mexico.
Sparrow's difficulties are compounded when she learns her father also has an American wife and daughter. Then, she overhears him making plans to overthrow the Mexican Governor of Alta California and acquire the Mexican lands for the United States.
Sparrow's tribal family and indigenous customs are threatened. She must decide if she will keep her father's secret and lose her homeland, or warn her mother and the Mexican authorities but suffer the loss of her father's love.
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