A.R. Book Level: 3.3
A.R. Points: 4.0
Pages: 217
I
LOVED this book! The setting is New
Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and the flooding that followed, but it’s more
than just a disaster book of the “I Survived” series variety. Twelve-year-old Lanesha, who was born with
the ability to see ghosts, lives with her adoptive grandmother in the Ninth
Ward in New Orleans. As catastrophe
overtakes her neighborhood, Lanesha has to find the strength to survive while
also making peace with her mother’s ghost, her grandmother’s failing health,
and her need for friendship. One
especially great element of this book is the suspense in the chapters leading
up to the hurricane’s arrival.