When the Mapou Sings

by Nadine Pinede

Infused with magical realism, this story blends first love and political intrigue with a quest for justice and self-determination in 1930s Haiti.

Sixteen-year-old Lucille hopes to one day open a school alongside her best friend where girls just like them can learn what it means to be Haitian: to learn from the mountains and the forests around them, to carve, to sew, to draw, and to sing the songs of the Mapou, the sacred trees that dot...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536235660
• ISBN13: 9781536235661
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12