Everything you need to understand or teach Promises Are for Keeping by Ann Rinaldi.
Promises Are for Keeping is a realistic novel which continues the story of Nicole (Nicki) DeBonis, introduced in Term Paper. Nicki is a fifteen-year-old girl who is struggling to grow up without parents. Her two older brothers serve as her guardians and share the duty of guiding a sister who is reluctant to be guided by any adult. Nicki gets into a number of scrapes, some of which she causes by lying or...