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    Faithful Friend, The
      This is a retelling of the traditional tale from the French West Indies in which two friends, Clement and Hippolyte, encounter love, zombies, danger, and adventure on the island of Martinique.
      Author: San Souci, Robert HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

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Ethnic Groups > Caribbean > well-known people > Aristide, Jean-Bertrand
    Taste of Salt
      This gripping novel tells the story of two teenagers in Haiti, Djo, one of Aristides' orphaned boys who is hospitalized with terrible injuries, and Jeremie, a convent-educated girl who visits Djo to hear his stories and who begins to fall in love with him
      Author: Temple, Frances

Geography
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Geography > locations > countries > Caribbean
    Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean Poets, A
      This book includes many short poems, some childish and some more complex, written by contemporary Caribbean poets. It also includes fascinating biographies on each author.
      Author: Agard, John & Nichols, Grace HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    Color of My Words, The
      This is an easy-reading novel, part poetry and part prose, about Ana Rosa, a young writer who is growing up poor in a seaside village in the Dominican Republic where she learns about family community, the merengue, and the power of words.
      Author: Joseph, Lynn HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Faithful Friend, The
      This is a retelling of the traditional tale from the French West Indies in which two friends, Clement and Hippolyte, encounter love, zombies, danger, and adventure on the island of Martinique.
      Author: San Souci, Robert HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading

    I, Columbus: My Journal, 1492-3
      This handsome 57-page book, illustrated with watercolors, is taken directly from Columbus' diary. The book records his voyage and his adventures, and begins and ends with short accounts of historical information. It may not be appropriate for low level
      Author: Roop, Peter & Roop, Connie HSE Descriptors: social studies | math

    Morning Girl
      In alternating chapters, Morning Girl (age 12) and her brother describe life on a Bahamian island in 1492. (Note: this book won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.)
      Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
      Begins with a prologue in which the authors each address their research process on this topic. A detailed history of sugar and the effects of its production on the world. Sugar cane drove the Atlantic slave which is explained in this book using songs, or
      Author: Aronson, Marc and Budhos, Marina HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | science

    Tonight, By Sea
      A Haitian girl, Paulie, joins with her village to secretly build and launch a boat and escape to Miami. The book is full of dialect and may be too difficult for some readers, but the subject matter and compelling story make it good reading.
      Author: Temple, Frances HSE Descriptors: social studies

History
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History > region > Caribbean
    Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba, The
      This powerful book shares the plight of women and slavery in Cuba, a beautiful, lush island with many ugly truths. The early feminist, Fredrika Bremer, travels from Denmark to record life in this society and finds a great deal of prejudice and wrongs. Dur
      Author: Engle, Margarita HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading

    Morning Girl
      In alternating chapters, Morning Girl (age 12) and her brother describe life on a Bahamian island in 1492. (Note: this book won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.)
      Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
      Begins with a prologue in which the authors each address their research process on this topic. A detailed history of sugar and the effects of its production on the world. Sugar cane drove the Atlantic slave which is explained in this book using songs, or
      Author: Aronson, Marc and Budhos, Marina HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | science

    Taste of Salt
      This gripping novel tells the story of two teenagers in Haiti, Djo, one of Aristides' orphaned boys who is hospitalized with terrible injuries, and Jeremie, a convent-educated girl who visits Djo to hear his stories and who begins to fall in love with him
      Author: Temple, Frances

    Tonight, By Sea
      A Haitian girl, Paulie, joins with her village to secretly build and launch a boat and escape to Miami. The book is full of dialect and may be too difficult for some readers, but the subject matter and compelling story make it good reading.
      Author: Temple, Frances HSE Descriptors: social studies

    Toussaint L'Ouverture
      The author wrote the biography of Haiti's hero, Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led the fight for liberation from France and Spain, to accompany Jacob Lawrence's paintings.
      Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies


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