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In darkness / Nick Lake.

Lake, Nick. (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781599907437 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 1599907437 (hardback)
  • Physical Description: 341 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
800L Lexile.
Awards Note:
Michael L. Printz award, 2013.
Subject: Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 > Juvenile fiction.
Haiti > History > Revolution, 1791-1804 > Juvenile fiction.
Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 > Juvenile fiction.
Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010 > Fiction.
Haiti > History > Fiction.
Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 > Fiction.
Survival skills > Fiction.
Gangs > Fiction.
Violence > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Hood River County Library YA FIC LAKE (Text) 33892100085985 Young Adult Fiction Available -


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