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Behind the mountains

Name: Behind the mountains
Author: Edwidge Danticat

by Edwidge Danticat

Young Adult

2002

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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