Reesie Boone just knows that thirteen is going to be her best year yet-this will be the year she makes her very first fashion design on her Ma Maw\'s sewing machine.
They escape i.
The waters rise.
Stranded at home alone, Reesie takes refuge with her elderly neighbor, Miss Martine.
Hurricane Katrina hits her city.
But on Reesie\'s birthday, everything changes.
She\'ll skip down the streets of New Orleans with her best friends, Ayanna and Orlando, and everyone will look at her in admiration.
Reesie Boone just knows that thirteen is going to be her best year yet-this will be the year she makes her very first fashion design on her Ma Maw\'s sewing machine