Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2032)
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My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi EN
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that's changing at warp speed. Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace’s love for all things outer space and science fiction—especially Star Wars and Star Trek. But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it’s decided she’ll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem. H... continue
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Claire de Luz Marina by Edwidge Danticat ES
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
Unos meses antes del nacimiento de Claire de Luz Marina, mientras nadaba en el mar durante una pesca nocturna, su madre mira hacia el cerro Anthère. Ve las luces de sus mansiones brillar, formando racimos a la distancia. En lo alto, un poco más abajo de la loma embrujada Mòn Initil, parpadea el antiguo faro. Avanza entre los peces, partiendo en dos la superficie iluminada del mar, y a su paso las algas centellantes se desvanecen como en un espejismo. Las numerosas chozas de madera frente a la playa, con sus techos de paja y hojalata, completan la vista hacia el pueblo Vill... continue
523.
Everything Inside : Stories by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
From the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light and Brother, I'm Dying comes a long-awaited return to fiction: a gorgeous collection of stories about community, family, and love.
524.
Soleil à coudre by Jean d'Amérique FR
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
C'est une lecture difficile tant pour le sujet abordé que pour le style d'écriture qui contribue à alourdir une histoire déjà chargée. On est dans le tragique du début à la fin et il n'y a aucun moyen de reprendre son souffle. J'ai trouvé ça un peu pénible.
525.
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A novel that explores the deep-seated trauma and the suppressed memories of a middle-class Haitian family when their eldest son Alexandre must return to the family hearth after his mental institution closes in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti
526.
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
An award-winning, lyrically written, beautifully haunting saga of a Haitian family's fight against a curse spanning four generations.
527.
Ayiti by Roxane Gay EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
The powerful debut collection exploring the Haitian diaspora experience from New York Times-bestselling powerhouse Roxane Gay, now widely available for the first time in Grove Press paperback.
528.
God Loves Haiti by Dimitry Elias Leger EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A native of Haiti, Dimitry Elias Léger makes his remarkable debut with this story of romance, politics, and religion that traces the fates of three lovers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the challenges they face readjusting to life after an earthquake devastates their city. Reflecting the chaos of disaster and its aftermath, God Loves Haiti switches between time periods and locations, yet always moves closer to solving the driving mystery at its center: Will the artist Natasha Robert reunite with her one true love, the injured Alain Destiné, and live happily ever after? Warm and constantly surpr... continue
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Anacaona: Golden Flower, Haiti, 1490 by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492. The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people.
530.
We're Alone: Essays by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A collection of exceptional new essays by one of the most significant contemporary writers on the world stage Tracing a loose arc from Edwidge Danticat’s childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in We’re Alone include personal narrative, reportage, and tributes to mentors and heroes such as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gabriel García Márquez, and James Baldwin that explore several abiding themes: environmental catastrophe, the traumas of colonialism, motherhood, and the complexities of resilience. From hurricanes to political violence, from her days ... continue