Ninth Ward

Jewel Parker Rhodes

Realistic Fiction

Hurricane Katrina
Survival
Coming-of-Age and Self-realization
Spirits
African American
New Orleans (LA)

Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleanes’ Ninth Ward. She doesn’t have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like other kids on her street. But what she does have is Mama Ya-Ya, her fiercely loving caretaker, wise in the ways of the world and able to predict the future. So when Mama Ya-Ya’s visions show a powerful hurricane–Katrina–fast approaching, it’s up to Lanesha to call upon the hope and strength Mama Ya-Ya has given her to help them both survive the storm.

Ninth Ward is a celebration of resilience, love, family, and friendship, and a deeply emotional story of transformation.

from http://jewellparkerrhodes.com/children/books/ninth-ward/