Title: In darkness
Description: 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, Gangs, Juvenile fiction, Violence, Survival, Fiction, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010, Brothers and sisters, Revolution (Haiti : 1791-1804) fast (OCoLC)fst01354524, Haiti Earthquake (2010) fast (OCoLC)fst01755752, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical, Survival skills, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade 9, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 10, Reading Level-Grade 12, Children's fiction, Survival, fiction, Gangs, fiction, Violence, fiction, Haiti, fiction, New York Times reviewed
Places: 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Haiti
People: Toussaint Louverture (1743-1803)
Time periods: Revolution, 1791-1804