Her age is never mentioned) journal entries. Therefore, it's a great combination of both the experience of living in Haiti and the experience of being a Haitian immigrant in the US. Some of the words are written in Haitian Creole, so if you're not familiar with the language, you will have to check out the glossry as you're reading. Behind the Mountains Discussion Guide. Behind The Mountains by Brutus, released 28 April 2014 1. The author of the novel used her own connection and story of emigrating from Haiti to New York, and then transformed it into a very well developed reading. living without her father is tough for he but he has no choice. When Celiane and her mother are injured in bombings (due to the elections) while traveling between the city where their aunt lives and their home, both father and aunt try to expedite the immigration process so the family can be together in America in time for Christmas. Buy Behind the Mountains: Ragnar Axelsson by Ragnar Axelsson (ISBN: 9789935420299) from Amazon's Book Store. Celiane Esperance loves her home in the Haitian mountains, but she hasn't seen Papa since he left for New York five years ago, and she misses him all the time. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Brutus - Behind The Mountains at Discogs. The harsh winter and concrete landscape of her new home are a shock to Celiane, who witnesses her parents' struggle to earn a living, her brother's uneasy adjustment to American society, and her own encounters with learning difficulties and school violence. Instead, it reads like a guide to Haitian cultural history and immigration framed loosely around her main character. Once again, a good effort by Edwidge Danticat. During a visit from her home in rural Haiti, Celiane Espérance and her mother are nearly killed. I understand this was focused towards a younger crowd, but again, the book didn't know what identity wanted to have. The only reason it did not earn five from me is there were parts in the middle that seemed a little flat/predictable, but perhaps this is because I am used to her more complex structure in non-YA lit. Find link is a tool written by Edward Betts.. searching for Behind the Mountains 54 found (58 total) alternate case: behind the Mountains Flag of Colorado Springs, Colorado (125 words) case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article border on top, bottom, and fly. The book was extremely anticlimactic and I was rather disappointed, especially since I’ve heard such good things about Edwidge Danticat. Behind the Mountains was the first book Danticat wrote for children, and she wrote it as part of a Scholastic series of first-person stories written by immigrants to share the experience of immigrating to the U.S. Intended audience is about the 6th-grade level, though some advanced younger readers, and definitely some older readers could be the intended audience as well. But I only got through half of this. $16.95. Dye mon, gen mon. Beyond The Mountains à € by StereoType . the book behind the mountains by edwidge danticat is about a girl named celiane living in haiti with her mother (manman) and her broter Moy. Although many parts of the novel left nothing but melancholy feelings it was still a good book. This is definitely an accessible gateway into the Haitian culture, AS WELL AS A BRIDGE to our own!! 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