Of course, we all know what happens when Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, but the author still gives me new glimpses of what it must have been like for families that stayed behind to fight the storm. The story of Lanesha and Mama Ya-Ya grabbed me right away. By going to you can search for these recipes. These were the cupcakes Mama Ya-Ya served Lanesha at her birthday. Also featured is Lanesha’s Lemonade. The featured recipes with NINTH WARD are Lanesha’s Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. These recipes could be used at a book club discussion, for example. This website features new books and has recipes from the story to go along with it. NINTH WARD, published in August of 2010, was selected by School Library Journal as one of the Best Books of 2010. Piper Center in Creative Writing at Arizona State University. Piper Chair in Creative Writing and artistic director of the Virginia G. Jewell Parker Rhodes, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction, including Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors, and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction, is the Virginia G. As the levees break, Lanesha must find a way to survive the floods on her own… As hurricane Katrina approaches and her neighbours flee, Lanesha must stay and brace for a storm of epic proportions. Abandoned by her peers because of her ability to see spirits, Lanesha longs for connection despite the strong love of her adopted grandmother, Mama Ya-Ya. But what she does have is Mama Ya-Ya, her fiercely loving caretaker, wise in the ways of the world and able to predict the future. She doesn’t have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like other kids on her street. Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orlean’s Ninth Ward.

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