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BROKEN PROMISES IBD

ANITA PEREZ FERGUSON
LUZ PUBLICATIONS
02 / 2023
9780967330082
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2022 SFWC YA Fiction Writing Contest Winner'The tightlywound plot flows effortlessly from one moment to the next.... readers will findáthemselves inspired by the future Sparrow creates for herself and those aroundher.' - Kirkus Reviews'Young SparrowâÇÖs 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 mamaâÇÖs native skills as she faced the political firestorm of the 1840s in California.' -Stephanie Foster, author of Take Action: Fighting for Women & GirlsIn 1844, fifteen-year-old Sparrow fears what dilemmas her grown-up life will encounter. SparrowâÇÖs 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.áSparrowâÇÖs 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.áSparrowâÇÖs tribal family and indigenous customs are threatened. She must decide if she will keep her fatherâÇÖs secret and lose her homeland, or warn her mother and the Mexican authorities but suffer the loss of her fatherâÇÖs love.