Taste of Salt

A Story of Modern Haiti

By Temple, Frances

Publishers Summary:
In the hospital after being beaten by Macoutes, seventeen-year-old Djo tells the story of his impoverished life to a young woman who, like him, has been working with the social reformer Father Aristide to fight the repression in Haiti.

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ISBN
978-0-53105-459-8
Publisher
New York : Orchard Books, c1992.


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on September 1, 1992

Gr 8-Up Haiti is the setting for this novel of two young people whose growth toward matu rity mirrors the same process taking place in their volatile country. Based on real incidents and people, it is the fascinating story of fiction al Djo, one of Aristide's boys, street urchins whom the priest gathered together to give an opportunity for a different life and a chance at an education. Jeremie is a young woman edu cated at a convent scho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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