Description
Every Life
Makes a Story
Djo has a story: Once he was one of "Titid's boys," a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide's election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive, the victim of a political firebombing.
Jeremie has a story: Convent-educated Jeremie can climb out of the slums of Port-au-Prince. But she is torn between her mother's hopes and her own wishes for herself ... and for Haiti.
Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide has a story: A dream of a new Haiti, one in which every person would have a decent life ... a house with a roof ... clean water to drink ... a good plate of rice and beans every day ... a field to work in.
At Aristide's request, Djo tells his story to Jeremie -- for Titid believes in the power of all of their stories to make change. As Jeremie listens to Djo, and to her own heart, she knows that they will begin a new story, one that is all their own, together.
Author: Frances Temple
Publisher: Harperteen
Published: 12/28/2004
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.82h x 4.16w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9780064471367
ISBN10: 0064471365
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Poverty & Homelessness