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Djo has a story: Once he was one of "Titid's boys," a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide's election team, fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive, the victim of a political firebombing.
Jeremie has a story: Convent educated Jeremie can climb out of the slums of Port-au-Prince. But she is torn between her mother's hopes and her own wishes for herself . . . and for Haiti.
Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide has a story: A dream of a new Haiti, one in which every person would have a decent life . . . a house with a roof . . . clean water to drink . . . a good, plate of rice and beans every day a field to work in.
At Aristide's request, Djo tells his story to Jeremie—for Titid believes in the power of all of their stories to make change. As Jeremie listens to Djo, and to her own heart, she knows that they will begin a new story, one that is all their own, together.
1993 Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1993 Editor's Choice Award (BL)
1993 Horn Book Fanfare List
In the hospital after being beaten by Macoutes, seventeen-year-old Djo tells the story of his impoverished life to a young woman who, like him, has been working with the social reformer Father Aristide to fight the repression in Haiti.
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Steven Maloy
reviewed Taste of Salt on August 09, 2018
Taste of Salt
Although this is a fictional account of events in Haiti in the 1970's, it is based on fact.
President Duvalier had been deported and replaced by a military general. The U.S. urged an election, but it was a total sham. The country was lawless; economic and social inequality appalling. Some time later, Jean Bertrand Aristide was elected President. Given the sad state of the country and Aristede's reform-minded governance, as well as the interference of the U.S., Aristide was eventually driven out of Haiti to So. Africa. He was not allowed to return for many years.
This being a story for children, the political situation is only touched upon. The story is focussed on a poor Haitian boy and a girl telling their experiences and their feelings over several years during this period
Their situation might seem like a fairy tale to children, as though it happened long ago and far away. It might also be an opportunity to discuss real life situations in the present.
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