Ninth Ward
Louisiana Girls Trilogy (Related to this series)
- Author Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Narrator Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Publisher Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date 18 February 2010
- Run Time 4 hours and 30 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rocks, weather and physical world.
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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.
Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward. She doesn’t have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the 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.
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.
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor Title • A CCBC Recommended Multicultural Book for Children and Teens
"Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a powerful novel about family and survival in the face of tragedy and has created in her twelve-year-old narrator Lanesha, a true heroine. [She] shows a kind of bravery and big-heartedness that is a gift she passes along to her friend, her community and the readers of this luminous book."—Walter Mosley
| Author | Jewell Parker Rhodes |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Sisi Aisha Johnson |
| Series | Louisiana Girls Trilogy |
| Duration | 4 hours and 30 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781449840105 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Recorded Books, Inc. |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rocks, weather and physical world |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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