Ninth Ward (Coretta Scott King Author Honor Title)

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Aug 2010 · Sold by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

About this ebook

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.

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.

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.

Ratings and reviews

This book tells the story of Lanesha and Mama Yaya (a women who takes her in) who live in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, circa 2005. Visions and abilities to connect with her dead mother helps to predict the coming of a horrible hurricane (hurricane Katrina) that will cause great damage to their community. This story is about community, struggles, and survival.

The characters were wonderful...I really came to care for them. As an event in my lifetime, I watched as Hurricane Katrina swept through Lousianna on the TV, night afeter night, thinking how horrible for the victims, and how fortunate I am to live where there is so little natural disaster. Ms. Rhodes put me right there, no screen between me and the hurricane and the people in New Orleans. I dreaded learning the outcomes, knowing the storm that was coming. I found myself gasping for breath in the attic, as I tore through the last chapters. I loved this book. Bravo, Ms. Rhodes!

Best book ever I don't have this app but I do have this book in fact this book inspires me to be a writer this book should be a movie Cuz I wanna see what mama-ya-ya looks like. This book has everything dramatic sadness love and even some education. This book is the reason I love school even if I know I'm stupid but that's not this point this book would be amazing if it was a movie like I said it has everything . The detail would be hard though but still be a nice movie I have never in my life said this before about a book

About the author

Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of Ninth Ward, a Coretta Scott King honor book, Sugar, winner of the Jane Adams Peace Association book award, Bayou Magic, and Towers Falling. She has also written many award-winning books for adults.