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Forty-one-year-old school nurse Kate Cypher has returned home to rural Vermont to care for her mother who's afflicted with Alzheimer's. On the night she arrives, a young girl named Tori is murdered—a horrific crime that eerily mirrors another from Kate's childhood. Three decades earlier, her... read more

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Promise Not To Tell is a murder mystery. It is about family and friendship. "Potato Girl" or known as Del was killed and they couldn't find the murderer. Decades later there was a new murder, where a girl name Tori was murdered one night while out in the woods with her friends. This book... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Promise Not To Tell is a murder mystery. It is about family and friendship. "Potato Girl" or known as Del was killed and they couldn't find the murderer. Decades later there was a new murder, where a girl name Tori was murdered one night while out in the woods with her friends. This book is really good fro teens when it comes to friendship and what a true friend means.

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WHEN THE POTATO GIRL WAS MURDERED, the killer cut out her heart.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
Part 1 Now and Then
-Chapters 1 through 12
Part 2 The Last Days
-Chapter 13-19
Part 3
-Chapter 19
Acknowledgments

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

  • Friendship: This book shows a lot about friendship and how a true friend should be instead of what is showed throughout the book.
  • Murder Mystery: There are a couple murder mysteries thoroughout this book.
  • bullying: this book also shows bullying in it as well. Del or as people call her the "potato girl" gets bullied at school because she's different than the other kids.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jennifer McMahon (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Jock Sturges (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: United States
Publication Date: April 2007
ISBN: 978-0061143311
Page Count: 256

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3613.C584 P68 2007
  • Dewey: 813/.6 22

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