Uses graphic novel format to depict the events of Hurricane Katrina thorugh six true stories of New Orleansians who survived the storm, including Denise, who experienced the chos of the Superdome, and a doctor whose French Quarter home was unscathed.
Ten years after her family disappeared near the Bayou Rabineaux, Niquette and her two friends, Ben and Anthem, uncover the truth of what happened and they discover that another has the same powers that Niquette now has, but he is intent on using his newfound powers for revenge.
an authoritative text, biographical and historical contexts, criticism
Chopin, Kate
1994
Presents an annotated edition of the 1899 novel about a Victorian-era woman who finds passionate physical love with a young man she meets while on vacation; and includes biographical, historical, and cultural documents related to the novel's publication, and a selection of critical essays.
Presents the true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who, in 1960, became the first African-American student to attend her elementary school in New Orleans.
In the summer of the 1890s, Edna Pontellier and her children vacation in the coastal town of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and, unsatisfied with her marriage and her role as parent, she has an affair which arouses and renews her soul.
A fictionalized story of jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden, a cornet player in turn-of-the-century New Orleans who cut hair by day, played music by night, and went mad at the age of thiry-one.
The true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges who, in 1960, was one of the first African American students to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.
Daquan Watson uses his gift for music to help him build a new future with New Orleans' biggest rap label, overcoming the dangers and tragedies of his childhood in the city's notorious, drug-infested projects, but even as he makes a new life for himself, Daquan wonders if he will ever be able to escape his urban upbringing.
