Description: From National Book Award nominee Edwidge Danticat comes a timely, brilliantly crafted story of hope and imagination--a powerful tribute to Haiti and children around the world! Hope comes alive in this heartfelt and deeply resonating story. While Junior is trapped for 8 days beneath his collapsed house after an earthquake, he uses his imagination for comfort. Drawing on beautiful, everyday-life memories, Junior paints a sparkling picture of Haiti for each of those days--flying kites with his best friend or racing his sister around St. Marc's Square--helping him through the tragedy until he is finally rescued. Love and hope dance across each page--granting us a way to talk about resilience as a family, a classroom, or a friend.
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Book Title: Eight Days : a Story of Haiti
Narrative Type: Fiction
Item Length: 11.3in.
Publisher: Nat Geo (w permission from Scholastic)
Original Language: English
Publication Year: 2010
Format: Hardcover
Release Year: 2010
Language: English
Item Height: 0.3in.
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Features: Illustrated
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
Topic: People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America, Action & Adventure / General, General, Family / Siblings, Social Themes / Friendship, Imagination & Play
Item Width: 7.3in.
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 32 Pages