Patrick, Denise Lewis Finding Someplace, 212 pages. Henry Holt (Macmillan), 2016. $17.
Violence: PG (minor tussle at the Super Dome), Language: G; Mature
Content: G.
Reesie Boone is looking forward to her thirteenth
birthday. News of Hurricane Katrina has
reached New Orleans, but Reesie is focused on her upcoming celebration. Her father is a police officer and her mother
works at a hospital and when the storm turns toward New Orleans, neither is
home with her; her uncle is trying to get to her to take her to safety, but the
authorities have turned the freeways into one way only – out. She retreats to a neighbor’s house and
together they have to be rescued from the roof of a house as the floods wreck
everything in the Ninth Ward. But
surviving Katrina is only the first step in learning how to rebuild their lives
and their family.
Patrick writes a book perfect for middle readers to
understand many of the dimensions of the trauma during and after Hurricane
Katrina burst the levees around New Orleans. The action is realistic,
addressing the scary parts without being too graphic.
EL, MS – ADVISABLE.
Cindy, Library Teacher
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