Haitian/Haitian American

A Girl’s Guide to Love and Magic
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience
A Song for Bijou
Age 10 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Generational Differences: Dating
American Street
Age 12 or older
Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Detention, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: By Detention, Unaccompanied Minors
Auntie Luce’s Talking Paintings
Age 05 or older
Themes: Generation: 1st, Multiracial Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Visiting Home Country, Welcoming Library Selection
Behind the Mountains
Age 08 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Welcoming by Individual
Calling the Water Drum
Age 04 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Loss of Childhood, Multilingual Character, Refugee: War/Conflict, The Arts, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Welcoming by Individual
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
Age 13 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Visiting Home Country
Freedom Soup
Age 05 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Genre: Historical, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Mama’s Nightingale
Age 06 or older
Themes: Detention, Educator Resource, Engagement Tool: Discussion, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Separation: By Detention, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming Library Selection
Resistance: My Story of Activism
Age 09 or older
Themes: Activism, Discrimination: Racial, Education & Literacy, Engagement Tool: Video, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Running
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Multilingual Character, Multiracial Identity
The Year I Flew Away
Age 08 or older
Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Family Separation: Living with Other Family or Friends, Multilingual Character, Own Voices/Lived Experience
We Are All That’s Left
Age 12 or older
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Human Rights Violation: Genocide, Loss of Childhood, Multiracial Identity, Refugee: Persecution, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, The Arts, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend