Taste of Salt
A Story of Modern Haiti
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · December 28, 2004
Every Life Makes a Story Djo has a story: Once he was one of "Titid's boys," a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide's election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in Haiti’s political upheaval and efforts to bring about change
- Themes
- Political upheaval, Political violence, Personal choice
- Genres
- Caribbean & Latin America for Teens, Diverse YA Fiction, Violence & Trauma
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Every Life Makes a Story Djo has a story: Once he was one of "Titid's boys," a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide's election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive, the victim of a political firebombing. Jeremie has a story: Convent-educated Jeremie can climb out of the slums of Port-au-Prince. But she is torn between her mother's hopes and her own wishes for herself ... and for Haiti.
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Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide has a story: A dream of a new Haiti, one in which every person would have a decent life ... a house with a roof ... clean water to drink ... a good plate of rice and beans every day ... a field to work in. At Aristide's request, Djo tells his story to Jeremie -- for Titid believes in the power of all of their stories to make change. As Jeremie listens to Djo, and to her own heart, she knows that they will begin a new story, one that is all their own, together.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in Haiti’s political upheaval and efforts to bring about change
- Readers drawn to stories of personal choices shaped by family and country
Where it sits
| Caribbean & Latin America for Teens | 82% |
|---|---|
| Diverse YA Fiction | 35% |
| Violence & Trauma | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Diverse YA Fiction
- War & Military YA
- Novels in Verse for Teens
- Caribbean & Latin America for Teens
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- African American YA
- YA Poetry
- Historical YA Romance
- Multicultural & Interracial YA Romance
- Authors
- Frances Temple
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- December 28, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Political upheaval · Political violence · Personal choice
- Reading lane
- Diverse YA Fiction