Personal Promise by Poppy Whiting- summary to support title's listing Personal Promise follows twelve-year-old Lily as her world shatters after her mother suffers a catastrophic brain haemorrhage. Struggling with bullying, family tension, and overwhelming fear, Lily discovers a mysterious book called A Promise to the Future that seems to predict the painful events unfolding around her. As hospital visits, grief, and uncertainty consume her family, Lily is forced to confront trauma far beyond her years. Told through the eyes of a child navigating loss, fear, and survival, Personal Promise is a deeply emotional story about family, resilience, and the invisible ways trauma shapes us long after the moment everything changes.