How to escape from a leper colony -- The bridge stories -- Street man -- The saving work -- Canoe sickness -- Where tourists don't go -- The international shop of coffins -- Kill the rabbits.
Summary:
Contains a novella and seven short fiction stories, set primarily in the U.S. Virgin Islands, including the title work about two adolescents in a leper colony on the Trinidadian island of Chacachacare in 1939.
Indexed by:
Library Journal, March 2010 Publisher's Weekly, January 2010 Booklist, March 2010 Library Journal Publisher's Weekly Booklist
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