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?
- ISBN10 0385670818
- ISBN13 9780385670814
- Publish Date 4 January 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Doubleday Canada
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 304
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9780385670814