Hurricane Katrina rescue / Kate Messner ; illustrated by Kelley McMorris.
Material type:
TextSeries: Messner, Kate. Ranger in time ; Publisher: New York : Scholastic Inc., [2018]Description: 127 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781338133967
- 1338133969
- 9781338133950
- 1338133950
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- Golden retriever -- Juvenile fiction
- Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
- Time travel -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile fiction
- Family life -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction
- Ninth Ward (New Orleans, La.) -- Juvenile fiction
- New Orleans (La.) -- History -- 21st century -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Messner Kate | R8 | Available | 33111009212842 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, sets out to help a family in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina!Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, arrives in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches and residents start to evacuate the city. Ranger meets Clare Porter, who is searching for her grandmother. Once Ranger helps Clare find Nana, he takes shelter with them at their home in the Lower Ninth Ward, and they wait for Clare's father to return from the gas station. But there's no sign of him as hours pass and the weather gets worse. The wind picks up and rain pours down. And when the levees break, floodwaters dangerously rise, and Clare and Nana are separated. Can Ranger help Clare navigate the flooded streets to safety and back to her family?
Includes bibliographical references.
When the mysterious first aid kit takes golden retriever Ranger to New Orleans shortly before Hurricane Katrina hits, he finds himself helping Clare Porter and her grandmother, who are waiting for Clare's father at their home in the Lower Ninth Ward--and when the levees break and Clare is separated from Nana, Ranger must somehow get her to the relative safety of the Superdome, and reunite her with her family.