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DocuSign Envelope ID: DFE48D81-9420-4D95-8D95-610AC101030F <br /> In Nicola Davies' imaginative book, The Promise, people and places come alive <br /> with poetic descriptions and surprising illustrations. The Promise will make you <br /> feel as if you've leaped into a rainbow of feelings. <br /> The powerful language allows you to imagine what the main character, an <br /> unnamed young girl, is feeling. Like the city in which she lives, she is mean and <br /> nasty until a wise old woman changes her by opening the door a kindness. <br /> The book's illustrations by Laura Carlin show a dark and gloomy city. <br /> Silhouettes help you experience the soulless people who live there. The book's <br /> illustrations remain dull until the girl keeps her promise by planting and bringing <br /> life into her world. <br /> The theme of change is expressed often in this book. It thoroughly <br /> describes, in words and pictures, how a harsh, broken city can become lush and <br /> magnificent. As the illustrations transform, it becomes clear how everyone can <br />