Eight Days

Told from the point of view of a boy named Junior, this picture-book-style story follows the imaginary games he invents while he is stuck at home for eight days after the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010.

The book also includes an author's note. In it, Edwidge Danticat describes what daily life was like for Haitian children before the earthquake and how her own children responded to news of the disaster.