In this magical middle-grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn't the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn. With the help of a clever witch, Gabrielle becomes the perfect American...
Haitian Americans
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Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A Black French Canadian, he knows moving to Austin, Texas won't be easy. He decides to label people before they can label him, but he may have more in...
- Author:Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
In Haiti during the dictatorial 1960s, the man known as the "dew breaker" was a torturer. Now an American and a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, he maintains a quiet life as a husband and father. His terrible deeds lie buried. As...
- Author:Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
A touching tale of parent-child separation and immigration, from a National Book Award finalist After Saya's mother is sent to an immigration detention center, Saya finds comfort in listening to her mother's warm greeting on...
- Author:Danticat, EdwidgeSummary:
In a land where vicious dictators crush dreams and lives on a whim, Haitian people have only faith and hope to sustain them. Perhaps it is the faith that a tiny, leaky boat packed with refugees will successfulyly navigate the ocean and...
- Author:Gay, Roxane, Péan, StanleySummary:
Par l'auteure de Bad Feminist Dans Ayiti , Roxane Gay rompt avec les stéréotypes et les idées fausses sur les Haïtiens et les Américains d'origine haïtienne. Traduit de l'anglais par Stanley Péan Résumé...