Ninth Ward (The Louisiana Girls Trilogy #1) by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Rating: Unrated

05/12/2020 - 05/12/2020

"I've been born to a new life, I don't know what's going to happen to me."

Read for Introduction To Fiction.


Synopsis

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.