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Honors for Ninth Ward
2010 Coretta Scott King Honor Author Award
2010 Parents Choice Foundation Gold Award
2010 Al Roker “Today Show” Book Club Selection
Best Fiction of 2010, School Library Journal
2011 Jane Addams Honor Book Award for Older Children (Jane Addams Peace Association)
2011 Honor Books. Judy Lopez Memorial Awards of Excellence in Children’s Literature
2011 International Reading Association Notable Books for a Global Society
2011-2012 The Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award, Master List
Finalist, Best Fiction for Middle Grade Readers, Goodreads.com
A beautiful, moving, personal story of the Ninth Ward and Hurricane Katrina. Unforgettable. I loved it.
Another gem by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Two youngsters, friends forever, find a way to survive, to love, to begin again. Wow! What a legacy to pass along.
Lanesha is a miraculous candle of a girl: her flame burns steadier in hurricane winds, and glows brighter against dark flood-waters. Jewell Parker Rhodes's book shines with love.
An absolutely exquisite children's debut by Jewell Parker Rhodes. Lanesha is an honest and believable young heroine, resilient and inspiring in the face of disaster. Jewell's vivid writing brings the setting to life, in a story that is both timely and unforgettable.
Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a powerful novel about family and survival in the face of tragedy and has created in her twelve-year-old narrator Lanesha, a true heroine. As the waters from Hurricane Katrina rise around her and her losses increase, this wise child, whose adopted grandmother taught her about love both seen and unseen, shows a kind of bravery and big-heartedness that is a gift she passes along to her friend, her community and the readers of this luminous book.
If you are looking for a novel that lays blame about the devastation of New Orleans' Ninth Ward, this is not it. If you are interested in a novel that captures the essence of New Orleans and its people while simultaneously illustrating how tragedy makes us stronger, Ninth Ward is a must read.
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