When Mama Ya-Ya\'s visions show a powerful hurricane--Katrina--fast approaching, it\'s up to 12-year-old Lanesha to call upon the hope and strength Mama Ya-Ya has given her to help them both survive the storm.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Boys and Towers Falling , Ninth Ward is a deeply emotional story about transformation and a celebration of resilience, friendship, and family--as only love can define it..
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.
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.
She doesn\'t have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street.
Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans\' Ninth Ward.
From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of survival in the face of Hurricane Katrina.
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
When Mama Ya-Ya\'s visions show a powerful hurricane--Katrina--fast approaching, it\'s up to 12-year-old Lanesha to call upon the hope and strength Mama Ya-Ya has given her to help them both survive the storm
