Shaken |
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| Authors: | Walters, Eric |
| Publisher: | Doubleday Canada |
| BISAC/Subject: | JUV039070, JUV030040, JUV029020 |
| ISBN: | 9780385671521, Related ISBNs: 0385670818, 0385671520, 9780385670814, 9780385671521 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 304, |
| Audience: | Children/juvenile |
Synopsis: A novel from one of the country's most prolific and popular YA authors, this book, set in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during the January 2009 earthquake, follows the struggle of Joshua, a Canadian boy at the centre of the tragedy.
Fifteen-year-old Joshua has travelled from Toronto to Port-au-Prince, Haiti in order to help with a charity mission. In confronting the poverty and and injustice that surrounds him, Joshua struggles to find meaning in the cruelty of the world. And then devastation hits — and Joshua finds himself at the very centre of a catastrophic earthquake. Will he be able to save himself? And, if he does, how will he find the faith and hope he needs to go on?
Fifteen-year-old Joshua has travelled from Toronto to Port-au-Prince, Haiti in order to help with a charity mission. In confronting the poverty and and injustice that surrounds him, Joshua struggles to find meaning in the cruelty of the world. And then devastation hits — and Joshua finds himself at the very centre of a catastrophic earthquake. Will he be able to save himself? And, if he does, how will he find the faith and hope he needs to go on?
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