Drowned city : Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans / written and illustrated by Don Brown.
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TextDescription: 96 pages : chiefly color illustrations, 27 cmISBN: - 9780544157774
- 054415777X
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Juvenile literature
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Racism -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Social classes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Social classes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile literature
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States
| Home library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library GRAPHIC NOVELS | GRAPHIC/976.3/BROWN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500033721 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96)
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 across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism, and courage -- and also of incompetence, racism, and criminality. Don Brown's kinetic art and as-it-happens narrative capture both the tragedy and triumph of one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
Ages 12-17.
9-12.
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