new orleans

Examines the next phase that took place from recovering from the aftermath of Hurrican Kartrina in 2005 and the steps that were and were not taken.

"A chapter book biography of Ruby Bridges, part of the She Persisted series"--Provided by publisher.

"After letting his band down by missing rehearsal, Shorty has some serious questions about what it means to be a leader so he hits the New Orleans streets to find some answers"--OCLC.

Barry's family prepares to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits, but when his little sister gets very sick, they are forced to stay home and face the floodwater that sweeps Barry away.

Seventeen-year-old Denise Farber, her mom, and her stepfather are moving back to New Orleans, into the Argonne house, which is over 100 years old, and really showing its age, but which her mother plans to turn into a bed-and-breakfast--but old houses have histories, and sometimes ghosts, and a mysterious old comic book that Denise finds in the attic may hold the answer to a crime and the terrifying things that keep happening in what she thinks of as the "Agony" house.

Relates the story of Courtney Miles, a high school student from the projects who risked his safety and his freedom to steal a bus and ferry his neighbors out of New Orleans, Louisiana, to safety, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

"Seventeen-year-old Denise Farber, her mom, and her stepfather are moving back to New Orleans, into the Argonne house, which is over 150 years old, and really showing its age, but which her mother plans to turn into a bed-and-breakfast--but old houses have histories, and sometimes ghosts, and a mysterious old comic book that Denise finds in the attic may hold the answer to a crime and the terrifying things that keep happening in what she thinks of as the "Agony" house." --.

"Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges--who, at the age of six, was the first African American to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans--shares her story through text and historical photographs, offering a powerful call to action"--Provided by publisher.

Shares the life and work of Ruby Bridges, the first black child to attend an all-white school in New Orleans.