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2) Ninth Ward
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
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.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 186
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Children's experiences in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were examined. This research describes the experiences of children and their families in the days and weeks following the storm, discusses what was done on behalf of children to reduce their vulnerability, and illustrates various things that children did for themselves and for others to lessen the impacts of the disaster.
Author
Series
Quick response research report volume 180
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
The purpose of this report is to share our experiences in helping to set up and operate GIS within the Louisiana State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the days following Katrina's land fall.
10) Zeitoun
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Description
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the eerie days after the storm, he traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and rescuing those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared. His wife Kathy, a boisterous Southerner who converted...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
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Description
Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 30
Description
The author provides a landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina-- and a suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice. After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous...
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