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I purchased this book as a summer read and i will tell you this, he enjoyed it because he is 9. I love this book because this is one of the biggest hurrincanes,and it was really interesting that they packed all this. The horror of hurricane katrina is brought vividly to life in this fictional account of a boy, a dog. The story of a poor black family struggling to weather the horrors of hurricane katrina has won the national book award for fiction jesmyn wards second novel salvage the bones beat books. Hurricane katrina survivors still face obstacles eight. In the book i survived hurricane katrina, barrys hanging out with his friend joe, while barrys family is getting ready for hurricane katrina. It was the neighborhood hardest hit when the levee broke. Lauren has brought her signature warmth and exhaustive research to topics such as the battle of dday, the american revolution, hurricane katrina, the bombing of pearl harbor, and other world events. Students determine a theme for chapter 5 and 6 in i survived hurricane katrina, 2005 by lauren tarshis. I survived hurricane katrina book report by zach nelson on. Hes swept away by the flood waters, away from his family. I survived was an ok book about a kid named leo, his annoying friend morris and two bullies named wilkie and fletch.
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