port-au-prince (haiti)

"In the hills above Port-au-Prince, a young girl named Fallon wants more than anything to carry the panye to market, just like all the women in her family. As she watches Manman wrap her hair in a mouchwa, Fallon tries to wrap her braids into her own scarf. But she realizes that it's much more difficult than she thought"--Jacket flap.

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 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.