Publication

1995 - Orchard Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

38,000 words, Guess

Page Count

152 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivetonightbyseanove00temp
  • ISBN-100531068994
  • ISBN-100531087492
  • ISBN-139780531068991
  • ISBN-139780531087497
and 5 more
  • LibraryThing529659
  • Library of Congress Control Number94032167
  • Better World Books9780531068991
  • Better World Books9780531087497
  • Open LibraryOL1106928M

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.T244 To 1995
  • LCCPZ7.T244To 1995

Description

As governmental brutality and poverty become unbearable, Paulie joins with others in her small Haitian village to help her uncle secretly build a boat they will use to try to escape to the United States.

First Sentence

Kneeling in the sand, Paulie shredded dry seaweed and fluffed it into a heap between the three black cooking stones, half forgetting that she had no food to cook.

Subjects

Topics

BlacksFictionHistoryHaiti, fictionJuvenile fictionChildren's fictionOcean travel, fiction

Places

Times

Other Editions

  • Tonight, by sea: a novelOrchard Books1995-01-01

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