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Book Blast
Grades 5-8 Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orlean's 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. "The
spare but vivid prose, lilting dialogue, and skilled storytelling brings
this tragedy to life; the powerful sense of community Rhodes evokes in
the Ninth Ward prior to the storm makes the devastation and the
hardships Lanesha endures all the more powerful." FOR YOUR BOOK CLUB: Complete the entry form below by October 31, 2010 and you have a chance to win one free copy of Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Twenty-five winners will be chosen. Submit one entry per person. You must be 18 years or older and a resident of the United States to enter.
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