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Behind the Mountains
Edwidge Danticat
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 Espérance and her mother are nearly killed. Looking at her country with new eyes, Celiane gains a fresh resolve to bereunited 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 earna living and her brother's uneasy adjustment to American society, and at the same time encounters her own challenges withlearning and school violence. National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat weaves a beautiful, honest, and timely story of the American immigrant experiencein this luminous novel about resilience, hope, and family.
| Médias | Autre N/A (Format inconnu) |
| Validé | 5 avril 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9781669609094 |
| Étiquette | Scholastic |
| Dimensions | 200 × 200 × 20 mm · 350 g (Poids (estimé)) |
| Langue et grammaire | Anglais |
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