A Promise for Joyce

{{short description|1959 novel by Lois Duncan}}

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| author = Lois Duncan

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| language = English

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| genre = Novel

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| publisher = Funk & Wagnalls

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| published = September 25, 1959{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aCIhAQAAIAAJ&q=a+promise+for+joyce+lois+kerry&pg=PA1062|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1959: July–December|author=Library of Congress|year=1960|page=1062|via=Google Books}} {{open access}}

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| pages = 214

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| preceded_by = Love Song for Joyce

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A Promise for Joyce is a 1959 novel by Lois Duncan, under the pen name Lois Kerry.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hi-xCwAAQBAJ&q=love+song+for+joyce+lois+kerry&pg=PA340|title=Writers Directory|page=340|publisher=Springer|year=1983|isbn=978-1-349-03650-9}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lois-kerry/love-song-for-joyce/|work=Kirkus Reviews|title=LOVE SONG FOR JOYCE by Lois Kerry|accessdate=June 6, 2016}} It is a sequel to her debut novel, Love Song for Joyce (1958).{{cite web |url= http://www.ric.edu/astal/authors/loisduncan.html |date= February 9, 2006 |accessdate= May 8, 2007 |title= Lois Duncan |publisher= The Alliance for the Study and Teaching of Adolescent Literature at Rhode Island College (ric.edu) |archive-date= May 7, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070507122623/http://www.ric.edu/astal/authors/loisduncan.html |url-status= dead }}