Upside down in the middle of nowhere / by Julie T. Lamana.
Material type: TextPublisher: San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, [2014]Description: 313 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1452124566 (alk. paper)
- 9781452124568 (alk. paper)
- African American families -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile fiction
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Louisiana -- Fiction
- Lower Ninth Ward (New Orleans, La.) -- Juvenile fiction
- New Orleans (La.) -- Juvenile fiction
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | Lamana Julie T. | 2016 | Available | Flicker Tale Award Winner | 33111007538057 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Armani Curtis can think about only one thing: her tenth birthday. All her friends are coming to her party, her mama is making a big cake, and she has a good feeling about a certain wrapped box. Turning ten is a big deal to Armani. It means she's older, wiser, more responsible. But when Hurricane Katrina hits the Lower Nines of New Orleans, Armani realizes that being ten means being brave, watching loved ones die, and mustering all her strength to help her family weather the storm. A powerful story of courage and survival, Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere celebrates the miraculous power of hope and love in the face of the unthinkable.
At the end of August 2005, ten-year-old Armani is looking forward to her birthday party in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where she and her extended family live, but Hurricane Katrina is on the way, bringing destruction and tragedy in its wake.