2011 Coretta Scott King Book awards: a look at the winners

3. Ninth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"Ninth Ward," by Jewell Parker Rhodes (ages 9-12, Little, Brown and Company, 224 pp.) is a 2011 King Author Honor book. A resident of New Orleans’ ninth ward, Lanesha is nearly as intuitive as her other-worldly caretaker Mama Ya-ya. When Hurricane Katrina looms, Lanesha behaves heroically in the face of disaster.

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