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Ninth Ward
Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker

Publisher: Little, Brown (2021)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 217 p., 20 cm

BTSB No: 749469

ISBN: 9780316043076

Ages: 10-14

Grades: 5-9

Subjects:
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
Spirits -- Fiction
Survival skills -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction
New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction

Price: $7.37

Summary:
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, 12-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have to weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina arrives.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 3.30
   Points: 4.0   Quiz: 139032

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 3.50
   Points: 10.0   Quiz: 50348

Awards:
Coretta Scott King Author Honor, 2011

Reviews:
School Library Journal (+) (00/08/10)
Booklist (+) (05/01/10)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/10/10)

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