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In darkness
- Author
- Lake, Nick, author.
- Title
- In darkness / Nick Lake.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Bloomsbury, 2012,
- Description
- 341 p. ; 21 cm.
- Other contributors
- Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
- Summary
- 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 1804.
- Subject headings
- Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803--Juvenile fiction. Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, 2010--Juvenile fiction. Gangs--Juvenile fiction. Survival--Juvenile fiction. Violence--Juvenile fiction. Siblings--Juvenile fiction. Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Juvenile fiction.
- Genre heading
- Young adult fiction. Michael L. Printz Award: Winner 2013. Dust jackets (Binding) 2012.
- ISBN
- 9781599907437 (hardback) 1599907437 (hardback)
Holdings
- Library
- Blmgtn - Education Library
- Call Number
- FIC LAK
- Location
- Education Library - Children's Collection
- Library
- Indpls - IUPUI University Library
- Call Number
- PZ7.L15857 In 2012
- Location
- Juvenile
- Floor
- 2nd Floor