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In Darkness

In Darkness

By Nick Lake

Interest Level

Grades 9 - 12

Reading Level

Grade level Equivalent: 5.3

Lexile Measure®: 800L

DRA: 20

Guided Reading: Not Available

Genre

  • Realistic Fiction

Theme/Subject

  • Natural Disasters
  • Homelessness and Poverty
  • Latin America
  • Survival
  • Violence and Crime

Sensitivity

  • Adult Content
  • Objectionable Language
  • Violence

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About This Book

2013 Printz Award WinnerIn the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, 15-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 the 1804.

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Nick Lake
Nick Lake is a children’s book editor at Harper UK. He received his degree in English from Oxford University. The Blood Ninja trilogy was inspired by his interest in the Far East, and by the fact that he is secretly a vampire ninja himself. Nick lives with his wife and daughter in England.
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