I like to work. I like washing clothes and cleaning the house. I also like to fool around. I like to dance and tell jokes. I love seeing people laugh. I am a nice girl. I am very interesting. I am the same person on te inside that other people see me on the outside.

Mwen renmen travay. Mwen renmen lave rad e netwaye kay. Anplis, Mwen renmen fe bagay ki komik. Mwen renmen danse epi bay blag. Mwen renmen we moun ri. Mwen se yon tifi ki janti. Mwen tre agreyab. Andedan, mwen se menm moun ou ka we mwen ye sou deyo a.

BOOKS BY JONIA

Stand Up For Soraya

by the Restavek Freedom Writers

Story: Soraya dreams of the life she once knew: a loving mother, school, hope for the future. But now that her mother has died, her father has re-married, and her step-mother treats her as a slave, she feels alone and invisible. Until one day when she meets a little girl named Anita, who courage and sense of justice could change the course of Soraya's life. Through this story the authors issue a challenge: Could you have this courage to change a life?

Story Behind the Story: Written by a team of young women served by the Restavek Freedom Foundation, Stand Up For Soraya aims to raise awareness about the inhumanity and injustice of child slavery in Haiti. At the same time, the books give these young women the opportunity to shape the stories of their own lives with power and possibility and hope.

ISBN: 978-0692329627
Age: 7-11
Lexile: 550L
Page Count: 42
Published: Fall 2014