Behind the Mountains

Book - Fiction. By Edwidge Danticat. 2004. 166 pages.
A riveting novel detailing the struggles of a young Haitian girl as she adjusts to life in New York.

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It is election time in Haiti, and bombs are going off in the capital city of Port-au-Prince. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Esperance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to be reunited with her father in Brooklyn, New York. the harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents’ struggle to earn a living, her brother’s uneasy adjustment to American society, and her own encounters with learning difficulties and school violence.
By Edwidge Danticat.

Published by Scholastic

ISBN: 9780439373005

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