haiti earthquake, haiti, 2010

"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about the Haiti Earthquake"--Provided by publisher.

Maps, a timeline, and photos provide an overview of the earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, exploring the devastation it caused, efforts to rebuild the country, and they ways people around the world worked together to help the victims.

Dan Woolley describes how being trapped under ruble for three days after Haiti's devastating earthquake caused him to reevaluate his life and spirituality and strengthened his trust in God.

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, Shorty, a poor, fifteen-year-old gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a hospital and as he grows weaker, he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in 1804.

Novelist Dany LaFerriere describes how he survived the Haiti earthquake of 2010, and its aftermath.

Relates the firsthand stories of people who lived through the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Nadine goes to live with her father in Miami while her cousin Magdalie, raised as her sister, remains behind in a refugee camp, dreaming of joining Nadine but wondering if she must accept that her life and future are in Port-au-Prince.

In a poor village outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Serafina works hard to help her family, but dreams of going to school and becoming a doctor--then the earthquake hits and Serafina must summon all her courage to find her father and still get medicine for her sick baby brother as she promised.

In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, Shorty, a poor, fifteen-year-old gang member from the slums of Site Soleil, is trapped in the rubble of a hospital and as he grows weaker, he has visions and memories of his life of violence, his lost twin sister, and of Toussaint L'Ouverture, who liberated Haiti from French rule in 1804.

Presents photographs and first-person accounts of the earthquake the happened in Haiti on January 12, 2010, describing the devastation and the efforts of countries and organizations to bring aid to the Haitians.