Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti

Every Life
Makes a Story

Djo has a story: Once he was one of Titid's boys, a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide's election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive, the victim of a political firebombing.

Jeremie has a story: Convent-educated Jeremie can climb out of the slums of Port-au-Prince. But she is torn between her mother's hopes and her own wishes for herself ... and for Haiti.

Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide has a story: A dream of a new Haiti, one in which every person would have a decent life ... a house with a roof ... clean water to drink ... a good plate of rice and beans every day ... a field to work in.

At Aristide's request, Djo tells his story to Jeremie -- for Titid believes in the power of all of their stories to make change. As Jeremie listens to Djo, and to her own heart, she knows that they will begin a new story, one that is all their own, together.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harperteen
Published: 12/28/2004
ISBN: 9780064471367
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.82h x 4.16w x 0.54d
Award: Phoenix Award - Honor Book
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 7038 / Taste of Salt
Reading Level: 4.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 5