Read May 2018.
I really was not sure if this book would be for me, when I started reading it, but how wrong I was.
This is a beautifully written story of a poor, black family covering the 12 days in the run up to hurricane Katrina, the storm itself and some of the aftermath. You are drawn into the lives of the characters, through the eyes of Esch, a pregnant 15 year old, as the story builds like the storm, and if you don't shed a tear at the end you must have a very hard heart!
Beware: Ths book is aimed at the YA market, but there is a significant amount of sexual content in this book. Read it first if you are thinking of giving it to a young adult.
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