Behind the Mountains
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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.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
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.
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.