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Memaw is Armani's grandmother and they have a very special bond . She lives with the Curtis Family and her health suffers during the storm. Memaw is obsessed with the Weather Channel and very weary of storms. For her the saying "with age comes wisdom" is very ture.
Armani, the protagonist, is a girl quickly aproaching her 10th birthday when Hurricane Katrina hits. Armani finds that growing up comes with many responsibilites and challenges. When Hurricane Katrina strikes those challenges are magnified.
This book takes place in the 9th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana, during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Sealy is Armani's annoying 8 year old little sister. She is quite the oddball but when Katrina hits, Armani learns that Sealy is more helpful than she thought.
This book is a very good easy read. In this book the Curtis family keeps going forward and never looks back after their community and house was destroyed during Katrina. One of the details I enjoyed was when they were at the Super Dome. While many people think it was a place of refuge but the author described it as a scary place filled with hopeless tired people. The author did a great job of portraying the actual sadness and devastation of Hurricane Katrina. I would not recommend this book to 4th grade and under as there were several graphic scenes. I did not think it was necessary that several of Armani's family members died given the targeted audience age. Despite this fact, I like this story especially because of its ending. The end shows hope and the desire to keep going because things will get better. I would recommend this book to a friend my age, or older and rate this fictional novel 3 1/2 stars out of 5.