In Darkness

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Author: Lake, Nick Brand: Bloomsbury USA Childrens Edition: Reprint Binding: Paperback Number Of Pages: 368 Release Date: 28-01-2014 Part Number: YES9017475 Details: A stunning tou r-de-force set in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. "Shorty" is a Haitian boy trapped in the ruins of a hospital when the earth explodes around him. Surrounded by lifeless bodies and growing desperately weak from lack of food and water, death seems imminent. Yet as Shorty waits in darkness for a rescue that may never come, he becomes aware of another presence, one reaching out to him across two hundred years of history. It is the presence of slave and revolutionary leader Toussaint L'Ouverture, whose life was marred by violence, and whose own end came in darkness. What unites a child of the slums with the man who would shake a troubled country out of slavery? Is it the darkness they share . . . or is it hope?Winner of the 2013 Michael L. Printz Award, In Darkness is a story not to be missed. EAN: 9781619631229 Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.0 inches Languages: English Show more