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A Story of Katrina
by Rodman PhilbrickIf you liked Zane and the Hurricane, try these:
by C. Morgan Babst
Published Oct 2018
Read ReviewsA dazzling debut about family, home, and grief.
The Last Boy and Girl in the World
by Siobhan Vivian
Published Feb 2017
Read ReviewsFrom the critically acclaimed author of The List comes a stunning new novel about a girl who must say goodbye to everything she knows after a storm wreaks havoc on her hometown.
by Sheri Fink
Published Jan 2016
Read ReviewsPulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink's landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and suspense-filled portrayal of the quest for truth and justice.
by Ann Weisgarber
Published May 2015
Read ReviewsFrom the author of The Personal History of Rachel Dupree, shortlisted for the Orange Award for New Writers and longlisted for the Orange Prize.
by Marcus J. Guillory
Published Mar 2015
Read ReviewsIn this impressive debut Marcus J. Guillory brilliantly weaves together the many obstacles of a young man growing into adulthood, the realities of urban life, the history of Louisiana Creole culture, the glory of the black cowboy, and the role of religion in shaping lives.
by Nick Lake
Published Jan 2014
Read ReviewsRaw, harrowing, and peopled with vibrant characters, In Darkness is an extraordinary book about the cruelties of man and nature, and the valiant, ongoing struggle for a country's very survival.
by Laura McNeal
Published Oct 2011
Read ReviewsThe catastrophic wildfires that struck Southern California in 2007 act as the backdrop for this compelling story full of peril, desperation, and love.
by Dave Eggers
Published Jun 2010
Read ReviewsThe true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Published Jan 2002
Read ReviewsIt's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him.
by Lois Lowry
Published Feb 1998
Read ReviewsWinner of the 1990 Newbery Medal. Lois Lowry fictionalizes a true-story account of the evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held Denmark to save them from being detained and then sent to the death camps.
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