Eight Days: A Story of Haiti
From National Book Award nominee Edwidge Danticat comes a timely, brilliantly crafted story of hope and imaginationa 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 daysflying kites with his best friend or racing his sister around St. Marc's Squarehelping him through the tragedy until he is finally rescued. Love and hope dance across each pagegranting us a way to talk about resilience as a family, a classroom, or a friend.
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Eight Days: A Story of Haiti
From National Book Award nominee Edwidge Danticat comes a timely, brilliantly crafted story of hope and imaginationa 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 daysflying kites with his best friend or racing his sister around St. Marc's Squarehelping him through the tragedy until he is finally rescued. Love and hope dance across each pagegranting us a way to talk about resilience as a family, a classroom, or a friend.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780545278492 |
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Publisher: | Scholastic, Inc. |
Publication date: | 09/01/2010 |
Pages: | 32 |
Sales rank: | 345,942 |
Product dimensions: | 7.20(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.40(d) |
Lexile: | AD590L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 4 - 7 Years |
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