WOW. 
 I found the story a little 'difficult' off the top, with the Creole and French and voodoo......however 
 What a great history lesson of past and present Haiti. The two stories being told where amazing. 
 I found myself on Google checking both past and present facts and histories. Looking at Toussaint and Dread Wilme and seeing/hearing and living it all with Shorty buried under the rubble. 
 Lot's of real violence and language, teen read for sure.