Marassa and Midnight by Morna Stuart
Marassa and Midnight, twin slave boys in their "Land of High Places," called Haiti, are separated when Marassa is bought and taken to Paris as the page to a marquis. Each twin feels lost without the other and desparately longs for a reunion. Midnight, in search of Marassa, runs away from his plantation and failing to find him hides deep in the jungle. Marassa, by a trick of fate, is brought back to his land, but finds that the plantation where he and Midnight had worked was destroyed on the "Night of the Flames" when the slaves rose up in revolt against their masters. The twins' courageous love for each other and their unending desire to be reunited plays a vital role in restoring peace to their Island, but only after thirty full moons of separation and adventure.
This appears to be the only book that Morna Stuart wrote. According to the back of the book cover, she is 'the last generation of a family born in India, [and] now lives in England where she as been a teacher and script writer for the B.B.C.' Used copies of Marassa and Midnight are available at Barnes and Noble and Bibliofind. It is also available in-print at Amazon-UK.
What do I think about this book?
Its an ideal book for junior high. Thats all i can say about that.
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