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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.
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5 editions- Other · English · 2014Bloomsbury Publishing USA · 368 pages · 9781619631229
- Other · English · 2013Bloomsbury Children's · 9781408819951
- Other · English · 2013Bloomsbury · 340 pages · 9781408830345
- Other · English · 2012Bloomsbury · 341 pages · 9781599907437
- Other · English · 2012Bloomsbury · 340 pages · 9781408824184
HistoryGangsJuvenile fictionViolenceSurvivalFictionHaiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010Brothers and sisters