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Also by Jewell Parker Rhodes:

Magic City, May 2021
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Ninth Ward, August 2010
Hardcover
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Hardcover

NINTH WARD
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
August 2010
On Sale: August 16, 2010
Featuring: Lanesha
224 pages
ISBN: 0316043079
EAN: 9780316043076
Hardcover
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Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. She doesn't have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the 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.

Ninth Ward is a deeply emotional story about transformation and a celebration of resilience, friendship, and family--as only love can define it.

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