House With the Dragon in It

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

The Only Road

The Day of the Pelican

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Legends of Liberty: Stories from History’s Heart

The Dogs of Winter

Midnight Without a Moon

In darkness I count my blessings like Manman taught me. One: I am alive. Two: there is no two. In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake a boy is trapped beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital: thirsty, terrified and alone. 'Shorty' is a child of the slums, a teenage boy who has seen enough violence to last a lifetime, and who has been inexorably drawn into the world of the gangsters who rule Site Soleil: men who dole out money with one hand and death with the other. But Shorty has a secret: a flame of revenge that blazes inside him and a burning wish to find the twin sister he lost five years ago. And he is marked. Marked in a way that links him with Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Haitian rebel who two-hundred years ago led the slave revolt and faced down Napoleon to force the French out of Haiti. As he grows weaker, Shorty relives the journey that took him to the hospital, a bullet wound in his arm. In his visions and memories he hopes to find the strength to survive, and perhaps then Toussaint can find a way to be free ...

Discover Your Child's Next Read

House With the Dragon in It

Nick Lake, 2023

Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

Kadir Nelson, Ellen Levine, 2007

The Only Road

Alexandra Diaz, 2016

The Day of the Pelican

Katherine Paterson, 2009

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin, 2014

Legends of Liberty: Stories from History’s Heart

Paul Dellis, 2023

The Dogs of Winter

Bobbie Pyron, 2012

Midnight Without a Moon

Linda Williams Jackson, 2017