A lyrical and poignant coming-of-age story about one girl's immigration experience, as she moves from Haiti to New York City, by award-winning author Edwidge Danticat.
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 Esperance 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 and her brother's uneasy adjustment to American society, and at the same time encounters her own challenges with learning and school violence.
National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat weaves a beautiful, honest, and timely story of the American immigrant experience in this luminous novel about resilience, hope, and family.
| ISBN: | 9781338745719 |
| Publication date: | 5th April 2022 |
| Author: | Edwidge Danticat |
| Publisher: | Scholastic Press an imprint of Scholastic Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Genres: |
Children's and Young Adult Fiction Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction People / Places PSHE: Bullying and Discrimination Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics |