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Behind the Mountains

Danticat, Edwidge, 1969- Book - 2002 None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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Youth level.
Writing in the notebook which her teacher gave her, thirteen-year-old Celiane describes life with her mother and brother in Haiti as well as her experiences in Brooklyn after the family finally immigrates there to be reunited with her father.

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Haiti & NYC submitted by sdunav on July 8, 2016, 12:10pm This is a simple story, but a powerful one, about a child's view of terrorism and political violence, rural vs. city life (in Haiti as well as New York), and being an immigrant. Recommended, for kids as well as adults.

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SERIES
First person fiction.



PUBLISHED
New York : Orchard Books 2002.
Year Published: 2002
Description: 166 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 940

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0439372992 :
043937300X (pbk.)

SUBJECTS
Haitian Americans -- Fiction.
Immigrants -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Diaries -- Fiction.
Haiti -- Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.