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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Sibert Honor Medalist · Kirkus' Best of 2015 list · School Library Journal Best of 2015 · Publishers Weekly's Best of 2015 list · Horn Book Fanfare Book · Booklist Editor's Choice
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 630L
Language
English
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Description
When 6-year-old Ruby Bridges and her mother went to William Frantz Elementary School on November 14, 1960, they arrived to find an angry crowd of white people shouting racist insults. For her safety, Ruby had to be escorted to school every day by U.S. Marshals. But despite the hateful attitudes of others, Ruby didn't miss a single day of school that year. Discover the incredible bravery of one young Black girl who faced terrible persecution to get...
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Series
Quincredible volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When meteors fell to Earth Quinton West was gifted with the power of invulnerability. Seeing others take up hero identities, Quinton decided to help his city of New Orleans in his own way. Using his smarts, creativity and a bit of training from his mentor Glow, Quinton is on his way to becoming Quincredible, hero of New Orleans! But even superheroes must do homework, and Quinton's newest assignment is to learn the history of New Orleans and Voodoo....
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uses graphic novel format to depict the events of Hurricane Katrina though six true stories of New Orleanians who survived the storm, including Denise, who experienced the chaos of the Superdome, and a doctor whose French Quarter home was unscathed.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 480L
Language
English
Description
Trina Peters was at home in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina sent floodwaters racing toward her house, trapping Trina. Look inside to learn more about hurricanes and see how Trina survived. Explore survival through the uncharted in this graphic adventure.
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Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Detective John Blacksad returns, with a new case that takes him to a 1950s New Orleans filled with hot jazz and cold-blooded murder! Hired to discover the fate of a celebrated pianist, Blacksad finds his most dangerous mystery yet in the midst of drugs, voodoo, the rollicking atmosphere of Mardi Gras, and the dark underbelly that it hides!" -- from publisher's web site.
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