Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 6.3
Lexile Measure®: 940L
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: W
Type of Book: Chapter Book
Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Young Adult
Theme/Subject
- Social Studies
- Changes and New Experiences
- Confronting and Resolving Fears
- Family Life
- Culture and Diversity
- Immigration
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About This Book
Celiane Esperance and her family escape a politically unstable and impoverished Haiti, where street shootings and pipe bombs are becoming more and more frequent. After years of separation, Celiane, her brother, Moy, and their mother all join Papa in Brooklyn, New York. The harsh concrete landscape of New York is a shock to Celiane, whose story is a passionate journey into a new land, sometimes tender, sometimes painful, but always infused with author Edwidge Danticat's signature narrative grace.About the Authors or Illustrators
Edwidge Danticat was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1969, and moved to the United States at the age of 12. Danticat grew up speaking French and Creole and she spoke no English upon moving to the United States. However, after only two years, she began writing in English and now is an accomplished writer of English short stories and novels.
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