To the Coast Salish people of the past, present, and future: you lift me up.
To everyone involved with #DVpit: Beth Phelan, thank you for creating this wonderful event. I’m grateful to the agents I interacted with through this experience, and the kind folks who have urged me on from the moment they heard Edie’s pitch.
To the Novel Nineteens: we made it, friends! High fives all around.
To my other author friends: Amy Reed, thank you for bringing me in. Cynthia Leitich Smith, thank you for seeking me out and making me feel so welcome. Somaiya Daud, I’m so glad the universe kept urging me to meet you. Amanda Lovelace and Cyrus Parker, thank you for years of friendship and beta reads. You two will always have your Octobers, and I’m so happy I got to be there for at least one of them.
To all my other friends and family members: You know who you are. Thank you for being in my life. Sending you all lots of love, always.
And to everyone else who has guided me—knowingly or unknowingly—through this process: Thank you!
About the Author
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CHRISTINE DAY (Upper Skagit) grew up in Seattle, nestled between the sea, the mountains, and the pages of her favorite books. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Washington, where she created a thesis on Coast Salish weaving traditions. I Can Make This Promise is her first novel. Christine lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband.
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I CAN MAKE THIS PROMISE. Copyright © 2019 by Christine Day. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Day, Christine, author.
Title: I can make this promise / Christine Day.
Description: New York, NY : HarperCollins, 2019. | Summary: “When twelve-year-old Edie finds letters and photographs in her attic that change everything she thought she knew about her Native American mother’s adoption, she realizes she has a lot to learn about her family’s history and her own identity”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019009519 | ISBN 978-0-06-287199-2 (hardback)
Subjects: | CYAC: Identity—Fiction. | Family life—Washington (State)—Seattle—Fiction. | Secrets—Fiction. | Coast Salish Indians—Fiction. | Indians of North America—Washington (State)—Fiction. | Adoption—Fiction. | Seattle (Wash.)—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Adoption. | JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American. | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.D392 Iaf 2019 | DDC [Fic]--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019009519
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Digital Edition OCTOBER 2019 ISBN: 978-0-06-287203-6
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-287199-2
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