Promises to the Dead

Mary Downing Hahn

Apr 2000 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

Mary Downing Hahn combines powerful characters, dark secrets, and breathtaking suspense in a compelling Civil War-era story readers won't soon forget. Aiding and abetting an escaped slave is against the law, and it goes against everything Jesse Sherman has been taught. But he has promised a dying runaway slave that he will take her seven-year-old son, Perry, to safety in Baltimore. He can't break a promise made to the dead, no matter what the risks. More important, he must follow what he knows to be true in his heart. When the journey turns out to be far more difficult and dangerous than he anticipated, and he loses Perry on the riot-torn streets of Baltimore, Jesse comes face to face with the worst humanity has to offer. But he also witnesses examples of love, compassion, and courage unlike anything he's experienced before. AUTHOR'S NOTE.

Ratings and reviews

It was an ok book. Adventure and History don't go. I had to finish it well I can't stop in the middle of the book. At least the ending was pleasing.

I Have have not read this book it yet that's ehy it is a 1 star but have love all her others my favorite was deep dark and the dangers i know but I know I will like this book jayden k

I've read this at school and it was the best book ever ... everybody needs to read this this is awesome its the best book if ur looking into the slavery and abraham lincon ... its a very good book hope y'all read it

About the author

Mary Downing Hahn’s many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.