Lanesha automatically takes charge and immediately starts to prepare for all the hardships her family and friends will face. Only a few days after Lanesha’s 12th birthday her caretaker Mama Ya-Ya predicts that there is a destructive storm coming towards their home in New Orleans. She can see ghosts just like her caretaker Mama Ya-Ya, who can also predict the future. Lanesha is simple, shy girl with an amazing gift. On her journey of ups and downs, she is joined by her loving caretaker Mama Ya-Ya and her best friends TaShon and Spot. The main character, Lanesha, is faced with a fast-moving, destructive hurricane that could potentially destroy her family and the life she knows and loves. This book is filled with valuable lessons, symbols, amazing characters, and real life struggles anyone can be faced with. “Ninth Ward” written by Jewell Parker Rhodes, is a realistic fiction novel based during the time of the devastating Hurricane Katrina.
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