This is an interesting twist on the usual immigration narrative. After reading the blurb, I thought this book would be told in two voices, but it focuses solely on Magdalie, the sister left behind in Haiti. The book opens with a scene of the actual earthquake, so it certainly starts off gripping. Just as novels about 9/11 are now historical fiction, this book about the January 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, a recent historical event, will one day be historical fiction! If you’re reading this review far enough into the future then this book will no longer be realistic fiction. Will their sisterhood survive? Will they? But then Nadine is offered an opportunity, and Magdalie cannot join her. When a massive earthquake hits the country, they’re devastated, grief-struck, and struggling to survive. YA realistic fiction novel, 263 pages including extras.ġ5-year-old Magdalie’s been raised by her aunt in Port-au-Prince and is like a sister to her cousin Nadine. Hold Tight, Don’t Let Go: A Novel of Haiti by Laura Rose Wagner.Īmulet Books Imprint, Abrams, New York, 2015.
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