num_pages: 216
description: Mardi was born in New York, but her parents sent her to Haiti to be raised in her grandmother’s house while they worked. When a coup d’état means 12-year-old Mardi and her sister must flee, they suddenly arrive in Brooklyn to live with parents they hardly know. Now it’s two years later. Mardi has adapted to her new life, while savoring sweet memories of her home in Haiti. But she is also haunted by her a soldier raped her when she fled. This ambitious first novel is an insightful story of how family love and support can heal and help us move from world to world.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Fresh Girl
titlecomplete: Fresh Girl
genres: Young Adult, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 78
publisher: Laurel Leaf