| Description |
152 pages : map ; 22 cm |
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age Children |
| Note |
"A Richard Jackson book"--Half title page. |
| Summary |
As governmental brutality and poverty become unbearable, Paulie joins with others in her small Haitian village to help her uncle secretly build a boat they will use to try to escape to the United States. A docunovel about Haitian boat people who struggle for social justice after harrowing escapes to freedom. Library of Congress Summary. As governmental brutality and poverty become unbearable, Paulie joins with others in her small Haitian village to help her uncle secretly build a boat they will use to try to escape to the United States. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer. |
| Subject |
Haiti -- History -- 1986- -- Juvenile fiction.
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Haiti. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1986- |
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Since 1986 |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0531068994 |
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9780531068991 |
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0531087492 (library binding) |
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9780531087497 (library binding) |
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