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In darkness by Nick Lake · Booklabria

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First published: 2012
Language: English
Editions: 5

Synopsis

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.

Subjects: History
Children's fiction
Historical
Brothers and sisters
Survival
Violence
Set in: Haiti
Time: Revolution, 1791-1804
Characters: Toussaint Louverture

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