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By Zoboi, Ibi[2017]., Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fabiola Toussaint, a young Haitian immigrant to the United States, must navigate her life, school and relationships, while dealing with her loud cousins after her mother is detained by the United States immigration department.
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By Zoboi, Ibi[2017]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Teen Fiction FIC ZOB Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: Project LIT Book Fabiola Toussaint, a young Haitian immigrant to the United States, must navigate her life, school and relationships, while dealing with her loud cousins after her mother is detained by the United States immigration department.
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2018., Primary, Groundwood Books Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Every winter, a young girl flies to Haiti to visit her Auntie Luce, a painter. The moment she steps off the plane, she feels a wall of heat, and familiar sights soon follow--the boys selling water ice by the pink cathedral, the tap tap buses in the busy streets, the fog and steep winding road to her aunt's home in the mountains. The girl has always loved Auntie Luce's paintings--the houses tucked into the hillside, colorful fishing boats by the water, heroes who fought for and won the country's independence. Through Haiti's colors, the girl comes to understand this place her family calls home"--Provided by publisher.
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2005, Primary, Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After many futile attempts to plant a tree in honor of his new baby sister, a young Haitian boy discovers the perfect solution.
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[2019]., Adolescent, Ink Yard Press Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When a school presentation goes very wrong, Alaine Beauparlant finds herself suspended, shipped off to Haiti and writing the report of a lifetime"--Provided by publisher.
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[2019]., Adolescent, Inkyard Press Call No: Realistic Fic Moulite Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: To avoid a suspension, high school senior Alaine Beauparlant agrees to an internship with her aunt's nonprofit in Haiti where she comes to respect her heritage while exploring her family's history, getting to know her estranged journalist mother, and experiencing the country of her ancestors.
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2010., Primary, Orchard Books Call No: E DAN Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Junior tells of the games he played in his mind during the eight days he was trapped in his house after the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Includes author's note about Haitian children before the earthquake and her own children's reactions to the disaster.
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2019., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: E Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Every year, Haitians all over the world ring in the new year by eating a special soup, a tradition dating back to the Haitian Revolution. This year, Ti Gran is teaching Belle how to make the soup--Freedom Soup--just like she was taught when she was a little girl. Together, they dance and clap as they prepare the holiday feast, and Ti Gran tells Belle about the history of the soup, the history of Belle's family, and the history of Haiti, where Belle's family is from. In this celebration of cultural traditions passed from one generation to the next, Jacqueline Alcntara's lush illustrations bring to life both Belle's story and the story of the Haitian Revolution. Tami Charles's lyrical text, as accessible as it is sensory, makes for a tale that readers will enjoy to the last drop"--From the publisher's web site.
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c2002., Wendy Lamb Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After having been sent, at a very young age, from New York to live with her grandmother in Haiti, fourteen-year-old Mardi returns to join her parents and try to shape a new life in Brooklyn.
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-- Good night, boy2017., Pre-adolescent, Rock the Boat Call No: YA FIC SHE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A tale of two very different worlds, both shattered by the loss of loved ones. Tragic, comic and full of hope, thanks to a dog called Boy. The kennel has been JC's home ever since JC's new foster father locked them inside. As the hours and days pass, JC tells Boy about how he came to his country: his family, the orphanage and the Haitian earthquake that swept everything away. How, after, his foster mother Melanie brought a new light into his life and brought him to her home country. He started to feel normal again. Until JC did something bad, so bad that he and Boy were banished to the kennel. Now their foster father is getting sicker, Melody still isn't home, and JC and Boy realize that they have to try to escape."--OCLC.
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-- Hold tight, do not let go[2015]., Amulet Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Nadine goes to live with her father in Miami while her cousin Magdalie, raised as her sister, remains behind in a refugee camp, dreaming of joining Nadine but wondering if she must accept that her life and future are in Port-au-Prince.
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-- Hold tight, do not let go[2015]., Adolescent, Amulet Books Call No: Realistic FIC Wagner Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Nadine goes to live with her father in Miami while her cousin Magdalie, raised as her sister, remains behind in a refugee camp, dreaming of joining Nadine but wondering if she must accept that her life and future are in Port-au-Prince.
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By Lake, Nick2012., Bloomsbury Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, Shorty, a poor, fifteen-year-old gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a 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.
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By Lake, Nick2012., Adolescent, Bloomsbury Call No: Historical Fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, Shorty, a poor, fifteen-year-old gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a 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. (Economic Diversity, Ethnic Diversity).
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-- On the other side of darkness is lightBy Lake, Nick2014., Adolescent, Bloomsbury Call No: Adventure FIC Lake Edition: Paperback edition. Genre: Adventure Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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2010., Modern Library Call No: Dystopian SC Cha Edition: Modern Library paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Collects three novellas set in Haiti and depicting families and artists struggling to survive government oppression.
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2021., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: E Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "'To carry the panye, we move gracefully, even under the weight of the sun and the moon.' In the hills above Port-au-Prince, a young girl named Fallon wants more than anything to carry a large woven basket to the market, just like her Manman. As she watches her mother wrap her hair in a mouchwa, Fallon tries to twist her own braids into a scarf and balance the empty panye atop her head, but realizes it's much harder than she thought. BOOM! Is she ready after all? Lyrical and inspiring, with vibrant illustrations highlighting the beauty of Haiti, My Day with the Panye is a story of family legacy, cultural tradition, and hope for the future. Readers who are curious about the art of carrying a panye will find more about this ancient and global practice in an author's note at the end"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Burg, Ann E2013., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine for her sick baby brother as she promised.
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By Burg, Ann E2013., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine for her sick baby brother as she promised.
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By Burg, Ann E2013., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: REALISTIC F BUR Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine for her sick baby brother as she promised.