http://wowlit.org/catalog Browse our collection of literature Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:54:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780399255472/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780399255472/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:46:01 +0000 Book Importer http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780399255472/ A young boy finds hope when he is given an old soccer ball to play with in the wake of Haiti’s devastating earthquake.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780399255472/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780374360009/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780374360009/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 20:11:18 +0000 Book Importer http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780374360009/ 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.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780374360009/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9781416917953/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9781416917953/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:44:26 +0000 Book Importer http://wowlit.org/catalog/9781416917953/ ‘”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 to change, but with her and her sisters dodging their stepfather\’s fists every day after school, she doesn\’t have time to do much self-reflecting. Finally her stepfather is taken away on child abuse charges, and Karina thinks things might turn into something resembling normal. The problem is, he\’s not gone for good. And as Karina becomes closer with a girl at the community center where her stepfather is not showing up for his parenting classes, she starts to realize a couple things. First, for all the problems her family had tried to escape by immigrating from Haiti, they brought most of them along to upstate New York. And second, if anything is going to change for this family, it is going to be up to Karina and her sisters to make it happen.M. Sindy Felin\’s debut novel is the story of a young girl\’s coming-of-age amid the violent waters that run just beneath the surface of suburbia — a story that has the courage to ask: How far will you go to protect the ones you love?

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9781416917953/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439372992/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439372992/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439372992/ 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 York. The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents’ struggle to earn a living, her brother’s uneasy adjustment to American society, and her own encounters with learning difficulties and school violence.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780439372992/feed/ 2 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780805025125/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780805025125/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780805025125/ 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 of all ages to join in on the feast.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780805025125/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761419877/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761419877/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761419877/ Geography, history, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Haiti.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761419877/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780064471367/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780064471367/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780064471367/ 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 of Port-au-Prince. But she is torn between her mother’s hopes and her own wishes for herself … and for Haiti. Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide has a story: A dream of a new Haiti, one in which every person would have a decent life … a house with a roof … clean water to drink … a good plate of rice and beans every day … a field to work in. At Aristide’s request, Djo tells his story to Jeremie — for Titid believes in the power of all of their stories to make change. As Jeremie listens to Djo, and to her own heart, she knows that they will begin a new story, one that is all their own, together.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780064471367/feed/ 2 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761419686/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761419686/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761419686/ “Explores the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Haiti”–Provided by publisher.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780761419686/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780823918447/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780823918447/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780823918447/ 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 introductions state that the young people were interviewed; it is unclear exactly when these conversations took place. It seems in Haiti as if they occurred prior to the reinstatement of President Aristide.

]]> http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780823918447/feed/ 0 http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780064406703/ http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780064406703/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:17:33 +0000 Yoo Kyung Sung http://wowlit.org/catalog/9780064406703/ 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 her best friend Karyl. But now the little houses are gone. Their wood has been made into boats-boats used to escape Haiti.Paulie wants to stay and fight-to change Haiti into a better place to live. She wants to talk to the reporters and bravely tell the truth, like Karyl’s brother, Jean-Desir. But the macoutes come with their guns and knives to stop them. And they do something so terrible that Paulie must face the truth: before the soldiers come back, they must all leave-tonight, by sea.

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