In Darkness Contributor(s): Lake, Nick (Author) |
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ISBN: 1619631229 ISBN-13: 9781619631229 Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Weather |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 14-UP |
Grade Level: 9-UP |
Lexile Measure: 800 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" L (0.70 lbs) 368 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 148458 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A stunning tour-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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lake, Nick: - Nick Lake was born in Britain but grew up in Luxembourg, where his father worked for the European Parliament. Nick works in publishing by day and writes in every spare moment he can find. In 2012, his powerful and moving novel In Darkness, about the Haitian earthquake, was published for adults and older teenagers, receiving huge acclaim. Hostage Three is his very different but equally powerful new novel for teenagers. Nick lives near Oxford with his wife and family. His long commute to work gives his imagination time to explore places he's never visited. |
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