Ninth Ward
Title
:
Ninth Ward
Personal Author EPSB
:
Jewell Parker. Rhodes
Summary
:
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
Other Title
:
9th ward
Year Published
:
2012
Physical Description
:
217 p. ; 20 cm.
Reading Grade level
:
ears down upon them.
Grade Interest level
:
3-6
Awards
:
Coretta Scott King Award, 2011
Subject
:
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
Coming of age -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Geographic Term
:
New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction.
New Orleans (La.) -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre
:
Bildungsromans.
Curriculum Objective
:
gsafd
Summary
:
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
ISBN
:
9780316043083
9780545489553
Publisher
:
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2012.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Lymburn | FIC RHO | Book | 30269000039888 | Fiction |