In darkness
In darkness
About this book
In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, fifteen-year-old Shorty, a poor gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a ruined hospital, and as he grows weaker he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in the 1804.
Details
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Pages
- 370
- ISBN-13
- 9781599908205
- OL Work ID
- OL16450916W
Subjects
HistoryGangsJuvenile fictionViolenceSurvivalFictionHaiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010Brothers and sistersRevolution (Haiti : 1791-1804) fast (OCoLC)fst01354524Haiti Earthquake (2010) fast (OCoLC)fst01755752JUVENILE FICTION / HistoricalSurvival skillsReading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 8Reading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 12