Promises to the Dead

Promises to the Dead

By Mary Downing Hahn

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Mary Downing Hahn combines powerful characters, dark secrets, and breathtaking suspense in a compelling Civil War-era story readers won't soon forget. Aiding and abetting an escaped slave is against the law, and it goes against everything Jesse Sherman has been taught. But he has promised a dying runaway slave that he will take her seven-year-old son, Perry, to safety in Baltimore. He can't break a promise made to the dead, no matter what the risks. More important, he must follow what he knows to be true in his heart. When the journey turns out to be far more difficult and dangerous than he anticipated, and he loses Perry on the riot-torn streets of Baltimore, Jesse comes face to face with the worst humanity has to offer. But he also witnesses examples of love, compassion, and courage unlike anything he's experienced before. AUTHOR'S NOTE.
Publisher: Sandpiper
Published on 8/17/2009
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 202

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cool book

I love the book!! You can't stop reading it!! If you love history or history books and scary stories you will love this book.

looks interesting

This book was an okay book, so the main character: Jesse is searching for a turtle for his uncle's dinner when he comes across a runaway slave named Lydia who's pregnant and her son Perry. Lydia, who's about to give birth asks Jesse to fetch Sally who is a midwife but Jesse doesn't want to take the risk. Eventually Lydia convinces him and he fetches Sally. After the birth, Lydia's baby didn't make it and Lydia is very weak. Before she dies, she makes Jesse promise to help Perry get to Miss Polly's house, which is her friend or get him to his aunt and grandma's house.

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