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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.
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Sign InHistoryGangsJuvenile fictionViolenceSurvivalFictionHaiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010Brothers and sistersRevolution (Haiti : 1791-1804) fast (OCoLC)fst01354524Haiti Earthquake (2010) fast (OCoLC)fst01755752JUVENILE FICTION / HistoricalSurvival skills
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Book Details
First Published
2012
Pages
341 pages
Rating
4.0 / 5
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Editions
5
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Language
ENG
Status
Published
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