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Promises Are for Keeping Study Guide

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by Ann Rinaldi
About 9 pages (2,706 words)

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Setting

The story is set in the early 1980s and the characters must deal with the issues of that era: teen-age drug pushers, pot smoking, the distribution of birth control pills to teen-agers, the legality of abortion, teen-agers experimenting with premarital sex, and child abuse. In addition to having to deal with these timely issues, the characters must survive the restrictive atmosphere of life in the small town of Runneymede, New Jersey, where gossip and rumors run rampant. Because Nicki's brothers are both important men in town, they are the target of town gossips. Tony, the high school teacher and football coach handles the rumors by ignoring.....

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Promises Are for Keeping from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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