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In darkness

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WINNER of the 2013 Printz Award.In darkness, I count my blessings like Manman taught me.One: I am alive.Two: there is no two.In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, a boy is trapped beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital, thirsty, terrified and alone. Shorty is a child of the slums, a teenage boy who has seen enough violence to last a lifetime, and who has been inexorably drawn into the world of the gangsters who rule Site Solèy; men who dole out money with one hand and death with the other. But Shorty has a secret: a flame of revenge that blazes inside him and a burning wish to find the twin sister he lost seven years ago . . .

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Bloomsbury Childrens
1408819961 / 9781408819968
eBook (EPUB)
823.92
20/12/2012
United Kingdom
English
352 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
Quiz No: 223729, Points 13.00, Book Level 5.60,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More