Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

"After Washington, D.C., high schooler Alaine turns her Latin American history project into a spectacle that threatens to get her expelled, her family concocts a new independent project for her: They pack her off to Haiti, where she’ll intern at a child-sponsorship program with her aunt, the Hatian minister of tourism – and confront some dark family secrets. Dear Haiti, Love Alaine is a dense and beautiful tapestry of heavy issues that make a compelling character out of Haiti itself. But my favorite part was the female empowerment that permeated every part of this tale, past and present."