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DocuSign Envelope ID: DFE48D81-9420-4D95-8D95-610AC101030F <br /> braft 7 <br /> In Nicola Davies' imaginative book, The Promise, people and places come alive <br /> with descriptions and illustrations. The Promise will make you feel as if you've <br /> 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. She is mean and nasty like her city until a wise old <br /> woman opens her eyes to a world of kindness. <br /> The book's illustrations by Laura Carlin show a dark and gloomy city. <br /> Silhouettes help you experience the cruel, soulless people who live there. The <br /> book's illustrations remain dull until the girl keeps her promise to the old woman by <br /> planting an entire bag of acorns that bring color into her world. <br /> The theme of change is expressed well in this book. It thoroughly <br /> describes, in words and pictures, how harsh, broken cities and towns can become <br />