Fresh Girl Hardcover – January 8, 2002
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"In French, my name means Tuesday (Mardi), I was born on Tuesday, I thank God, not Wednesday, then my name will be Mel Credi, in English it will be In terms of her name, the 14-year-old Mardi can joke, which means that the rest of her life is not that fun, at school she is "HBO" (Haitian Body odor), at home, she did not have privacy in a small apartment where she shared with many families. If she deviates slightly from the strict criteria for becoming a good Haitian girl for her parents she will be criticized for being "fresh." But Mardi tells her family the terrible secret about what happened during her last military coup in Haiti. When this secret starts to appear, Mardi must talk when he dies in his heart, choose to live, or keep silence.
In this challenging first novel, the writer Jaira Placide solved many difficult topics, including sexual harassment, immigrant assimilation, self-harm and rape, whose exquisiteness and sensitivity masked her first identity I will. Mainly Placide is Mardi's simple but cynical voices can be preserved, so Mardi is a complex personality whose joy and pain resonate deeply. Following the publication of Fresh Girl, Jaira Placide has announced a new voice for the world of youth literature. (12 years and over) - Jennifer Hubert
This ambitious first novel follows the age of a 14 year old Haitian American woman forced to grow too fast. For some children at school, Mardi seems to be very good. She is wearing outdated clothes, spends more time studying than socializing and should not be far from Brooklyn's apartment. However, Mardi knows more about the dangers of the world than most people of his age. Placido plants offer clues along the secret harbor of Mardi: During her life in Haiti with her grandmother, she experienced a life changing event during the 1991 coup. Her family shares it with her best friend. Today, with her parents in New York, Mardi wants to forget the past and blend it with her American colleagues. However, Haiti's memory continues to emerge, feeling pain and making action "fresh". The author has peeled off the rugged appearance of her hero and revealed her love for her, a scared, weak position young woman, but her overprotected mother, classmate and a fascinating and unachievable boy There are contradictory emotions. There are some small episodes that start suddenly, there are some small episodes to finish, such as the friendship of Mardi with wealthy Janis, the relationship of her uncle with an orphan at the camp, etc., but the heroine makes the truth that can not be expressed in her words making this part I have more courage to express. The novel continues. 12 years old
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