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BOOK REPORT

Ninth Ward

About

Author

About Author

Jewell Parker Rhodes was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Carnegie-Mellon University. She enjoys teaching, walking her Toy Aussie Sheepdogs, theater, dancing, and music. Born in Pittsburgh, she now lives in Seattle.

Author

Jewell Parker Rhodes made the book known as Ninth Ward she was born in 1954 in Pittsburgh, PA

Works

Works

Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of six adult novels: Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Season, Moon, and Hurricane, as well as the memoir Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness, and two writing guides: Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Non-Fiction. Jewell is also the author of seven books for youth including the New York Times bestsellers Ghost Boys and Black Brother, Black Brother. She has won the American Book Award, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, and the Jane Addams Peace Association Book Award.

Jewell is the Founding Artistic Director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and Narrative Studies Professor and Virginia G. Piper Endowed Chair at Arizona State University. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Carnegie-Mellon University. She enjoys teaching, walking her Toy Aussie Sheepdogs, theater, dancing, and music. Born in Pittsburgh, she now lives in Seattle.

Characters

Characters

Main character is Lanesha Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. She doesn't have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like other kids on her street.

Mama Yaya Spot Tashon

Mother

Plot

The main plot is that there is a big storm coming and it is so big it could take out half of new orlands Lanesha's mom had powers and when she disappeard and Lanesha has the power to see the future

Review

I review Ninth ward 4-5 becuase it was very emotinal and sad but it was a very exiting book and I loved it!.

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