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A review by amylynn97
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
4.0
As a middle school teacher I am always interested in stories that might speak to my students, and where real events intersect with or inspire fiction.
Hurricane Katrina is still a haunting event for me-- I visited New Orleans a few years after the storm and saw the remnants of its wrath, still visible in the 9th Ward, so I was anxious to give this book a try. It immediately took me back to the abandoned, boarded up homes and the stories that locals shared of those datk days.
Setting aside the premise of the supernatural, it is still a powerful tale of a young girl who discovers herself and her strength in one of the most painful and devastating natural disasters in US History.
Hurricane Katrina is still a haunting event for me-- I visited New Orleans a few years after the storm and saw the remnants of its wrath, still visible in the 9th Ward, so I was anxious to give this book a try. It immediately took me back to the abandoned, boarded up homes and the stories that locals shared of those datk days.
Setting aside the premise of the supernatural, it is still a powerful tale of a young girl who discovers herself and her strength in one of the most painful and devastating natural disasters in US History.