Region: Haiti

Hope For Haiti

By Book Importer | Published: December 17, 2010

A young boy finds hope when he is given an old soccer ball to play with in the wake of Haiti’s devastating earthquake.

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Please, Malese! A Trickster Tale from Haiti

By Book Importer | Published: May 7, 2010

Without a penny to his name, Malese takes advantage of his neighbors using his tricky ways, until they catch on, after which he manages to pull an even bigger trick on them.

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Touching Snow

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

‘”The best way to avoid being picked on by high school bullies is to kill someone.\”Karina has plenty to worry about on the last day of seventh grade: finding three Ds and a C on her report card again, getting laughed at by everyone again, being sent to the principal — again. She\’d like this [...]

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Behind the Mountains

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Espérance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New [...]

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Feliz Nochebuena, Feliz Navidad: Christmas Feasts of the Hispanic Caribbean

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Maricel E. Presilla takes us on a journey through the history of Christmas in the Hispanic islands. As she describes all of the foods of Christmas Day, she tells us about the peoples from around the world who brought their ingredients and recipes to the table. Presilla gives us carefully tested recipes that allow readers [...]

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Haiti (Discovering Cultures)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Haiti.

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Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Every Life Makes a Story Djo has a story: Once he was one of “Titid’s boys,” a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive, the victim of a political firebombing. Jeremie has a story: Convent-educated Jeremie can climb out of the slums [...]

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Haiti (Cultures of the World)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

“Explores the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Haiti”–Provided by publisher.

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Teenage Refugees from Haiti Speak Out (In Their Own Voices)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

These books begin with historical overviews of Haiti, including the reasons for recent political unrest. The first-person narratives of young refugees follow. All of the teens tell why they left their native countries, how they made their journeys, their experiences and difficulties in North America, and if they plan to return to their homelands. The [...]

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Tonight, by Sea

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Seek life. Chache Lavi. That’s what Paulie’s uncle says they must do. But to seek life, Paulie and her family have to leave Haiti-the only home that Paulie has ever known. Since forever, Paulie has run in and out of the little houses nestled under the palms, smelling cocoa-bread and playing on the beach with [...]

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