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Author:

Lake, Nick.

Title:

In darkness / Nick Lake.

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

341 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Gangs--Juvenile fiction.
Violence--Juvenile fiction.
Toussaint Louverture,--1743-1803--Juvenile fiction.
Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Juvenile fiction.
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Gangs--Fiction.
Violence--Fiction.
Toussaint Louverture,--1743-1803--Fiction.
Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Fiction.
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Fiction.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Fiction.
Gangs--Fiction.
Violence--Fiction.
Toussaint Louverture,--1743-1803--Fiction.
Haiti--History--Fiction.

Summary:

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, Shorty, a poor, fifteen-year-old gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a 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.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Senior High School, November 2012
School Library Journal starred, December 2012
Pub Weekly, November 2011
Kirkus Starred, November 2011
Booklist, January 2012
Horn Book, November 2012
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2012
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2011

ISBN:

1619631229
9781619631229 (pbk.)

Locations:

POSX851 -- Ballard Community High School (Huxley)