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In darkness / Nick Lake.

By: Publication details: New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.Description: 341 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781599907437 (hardback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.L15857 In 2012
Awards:
  • Printz Award, 2013.
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 the 1804.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks PZ7 .L15857 IN 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001265205

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.

Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.6 13.0 148458.

Printz Award, 2013.

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