![]() ![]() ![]() From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Boys and Towers Falling, Ninth Ward is a deeply emotional story about transformation and a celebration of resilience, friendship, and family-as only love can define it. ![]() 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. ![]() 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. Rhodes’ Ninth Ward is a stunning tale set against the horrors of Hurricane Katrina. She doesn't have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street. Acclaimed novelist Jewell Parker Rhodes is an American Book Award winner. If you are interested in a novel that captures the essence of New Orleans and its people while simultaneously illustrating how tragedy makes us stronger, Ninth Ward is a must read. Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. If you are looking for a novel that lays blame about the devastation of New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, this is not it. From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of survival in the face of Hurricane Katrina. ![]()
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