Description |
341 pages ; 21 cm |
Content type |
text txt rdacontent |
Format |
volume nc rdacarrier |
Summary |
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 1804. |
Audience |
800 Lexile. |
Note |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.6 13.0 148458. |
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Reading Counts RC High School 5.3 20 Quiz: 56430. |
Subject |
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 -- Juvenile fiction.
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Children’s Subject |
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 -- Fiction.
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Subject |
Haiti -- History -- Revolution, 1791-1804 -- Fiction.
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Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 -- Fiction. |
Children’s Subject |
Survival -- Fiction.
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Gangs -- Fiction.
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Violence -- Fiction.
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Subject |
Young adult fiction.
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ISBN |
9781599907437 : HRD $17.99 |
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1599907437 : HRD $17.99 |
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