Ninth Ward
Written by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Book #1 in the The Louisiana Girls Trilogy Series
Paperback
$8.99
$8.58
10 - 12
Reading
age
224
Page
count
32,698
Word
count
HL470L
Lexile
measure
Apr 10, 2012
Publication
date
What's Ninth Ward About
Publisher Summary
In New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, twelve-year-old Lanesha, who can see spirits, and her adopted grandmother have no choice but to stay and weather the storm as Hurricane Katrina bears down upon them.
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Topics
Race, Ethnicities, & Nationalities
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Author
Jewell Parker Rhodes is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Ninth Ward, a Coretta Scott King honor book, Sugar, winner of the Jane Adams Peace Association book award, Bayou Magic, Towers Falling, and Ghost Boys. She has also written many award-winning books for adults.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780316043083
- Publication Date
- April 10, 2012
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Original Publication Date
- August 16, 2010
- Page Count
- 224
- Word Count
- 32698
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 10 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- HL470L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~M
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.3
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 4
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 139032
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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