new orleans (la.)

Marie-Grace Gardner, having arrived in New Orleans and met the talented opera singer Mademoiselle Oc?ana, wishes to take voice lessons and become friends with C?cile Rey, a student of Mademoiselle, and hopes an unexpected adventure will help her feel at home in the city.

The Legion is back and heading for the mysterious, abandoned Red House, but Derek must get there first in order to stop them from waging war.

C?cile Rey looks forward to having a one-of-a-kind costume at Mardi Gras and her brother's return from France, while forming a friendship and having a daring adventure with Marie-Grace Gardner.

A collection of poems by Patricia Smith that explore the devastating impact Hurricane Katrina had on the city of New Orleans, its people, and the country as a whole.

"Sarah M. Broom's [memoir] 'The Yellow House' tells a hundred years of her family and their relationship to home in a neglected area of one of America's most mythologized cities. This is the story of a mother's struggle against a house's entropy, and that of a prodigal daughter who left home only to reckon with the pull that home exerts, even after the Yellow House was wiped off the map after Hurricane Katrina"--Provided by publisher.

Readers learn about jazz bands and the participants in them.

"In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. She became the first black student to attend the previously all-white school. This event paved the way for widespread school desegregation in the South . . . [This book] explores Bridges's legacy"--Provided by publisher.

While on a school field trip to New Orleans, sixth-grader Catalina Duran becomes wrapped up in a mystery when someone attempts to sabotage their trip and Catalina must uncover the culprit.

Fourteen-year-old Derek Stone's simple life with his father and older brother in New Orleans is thrown into a tailspin when the dead come back to life, and for unknown reasons begin to haunt Derek.

"In 19th century New Orleans, Celine, a dressmaker from Paris, becomes embroiled in a murder mystery that's connected to a glamorous supernatural cohort"--Provided by publisher.