Ninth Ward
Illustrator
Alison Impey
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9780316043083
Pages
217 pages
Genre
fantasy
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
HL470L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Legal guardianship; midwife raising child
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Black (African American)
Family Formation
caretaker
Awards
Goodreads Choice Award, 2010, Nominee, Middle Grade
Parents' Choice Award, 2010, Gold, Fiction
28 Days Later, 2011 Middle Grade
50 Books about Survival, 2012 In the Eye of the Storm
50 Multicultural Books Every Child Should Know, 2015 Age (9-12)
Got Text Complexity? Selected Literature for Common Core Standards in English Language Arts (Grades 6-12), 2013 Books for Grades 6 - 8:Fiction
Great Middle School Reads, 2013 Facing the Challenge
Literary Science 2: Reading Selections for Grades 6-12, 2014 Earth & Space Science
Notable Books for a Global Society, 2011 Fiction
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011 Social Interactions and Relationship
NYC Reads 365, 2015 Grade 6 up
Keywords
Hurricane Katrina; New Orleans; bullying; spiritualism; math; engineering; caul; evacuation
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Rhodes, Jewell Parker, "Ninth Ward" (2010). Diverse Families. 736.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/736