Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
A Haitian family A Haitian family Keith Elliot Greenberg Chronicles the history of Haiti and the efforts of one Haitian family to emigrate to the United States and rebuild their lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. OL14919453W
To seek a better world To seek a better world Brent K. Ashabranner Text and photographs present the Haitian minority of half a million people currently living in the United States. OL15001041W
Diasporic citizenship Diasporic citizenship Michel S. Laguerre "Michel Laguerre briefly delineates the history of the Haitian diaspora in the United States in the nineteenth century, but this book primarily concerns itself with the contemporary period, and more … OL20901935W
Seth and Samona Seth and Samona Joanne Hyppolite Seth and Samona are an unlikely pair--he's a quiet boy from a proper Haitian-American family, and Samona's the wildest girl in the fifth grade. But he's her accomplice in every adventure. When Samo… OL2669111W
Aunt Lilly's laundromat Aunt Lilly's laundromat Melanie Hope Greenberg Aunt Lilly thinks about her island home, Haiti, while she works in her laundromat in Brooklyn. OL2911137W
Ghost Train Ghost Train Jess Mowry 13-year-old Remi DuMont, newly arrived from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where his family lived in poverty, hopes that life will be different in West Oakland, California, where refrigerators, hot running w… OL3254097W
Haitian Americans Haitian Americans Nichol Bryan Provides an overview of the life and culture of Haitian Americans and presents some information on the history of Haiti. OL5960854W
Fresh girl Fresh girl Jaira Placide After having been sent, at a very young age, from New York to live with her grandmother in Haiti, fourteen-year-old Mardi returns to join her parents and try to shape a new life in Brooklyn. OL6211722W