Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

Behind the mountains / Edwidge Danticat. - 1st ed. - New York : Orchard Books 2002. - 166 p. ; 22 cm. - First person fiction .

Writing in the notebook which her teacher gave her, thirteen-year-old Celiane describes life with her mother and brother in Haiti as well as her experiences in Brooklyn after the family finally immigrates there to be reunited with her father.

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Haitian Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Haitian Americans--Fiction.
Immigrants--Fiction.
Emigration and immigration--Fiction.
Diaries--Fiction.


Haiti--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

PZ7.D2385 / Be 2002

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