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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
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
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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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