Another Kind of Hurricane
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (771 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553511939 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Son Approved! Finiecew Good book!Delivered on time, great quality!Needed for summer reading program.. “…Sometimes the World Tells You to Do Something New …” delicateflower152 When lives are impacted by tragic events, individuals cope and heal in differing ways. “Another Kind of Hurricane” tells the story of two boys, one whose home was lost to Hurricane Katrina, and one who lost his best friend. Tamara Ellis Smith has written a poignant, yet uplifting story in which helping others heal results in the h. When a magic marble gets two boys from different backgrounds meet and unite Tamara Ellis Smith writes a very lyrical story about two very different boys from two very different backgrounds whose tragedies, through fate, mingled into one another's lives. Zavion from New Orleans first loses his mother, then loses his house and everything in it when Hurricane Katrina barreled through. Zavion and his father now have to s
She lives in Richmond, Vermont, with her family. Visit her on the Web at tamaraellissmith. This is her first novel. Tamara Ellis Smith earned her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
“In Smith’s poetic hands, this poignant story barrels across the pages and into the reader’s heart, reminding us that magic can arise from the deepest tragedy.” —Kathi Appelt, Newbery Honor Award winner and two-time National Book Award Finalist. And when Henry, a ten-year-old boy in northern Vermont, tragically loses his best friend, Wayne, he flees to ravaged New Orleans to help with hurricane relief efforts—and to search for a marble that was in the pocket of a pair of jeans donated to the Red Cross. A hurricane, a tragic death, two boys, one marble. How they intertwine is at the heart of this beautiful, poignant book. In this stunning debut novel, two very different characters—a black boy who loses his home in Hurricane Katrina and a white boy in Vermont who loses his best friend in a tragic accident—come together to find healing. When ten-year-old Zavion loses his home in Hurricane Katrina, he and his father are forced to flee to Baton Rouge. Rich with imagery and crackling with hope, this is the unforgettable story of how lives connect in unexpected, even magical, ways
However, the disorientation this creates is not entirely out of place here, since the novel mirrors the characters' feelings and experiences. Henry was with Wayne at the time, but the memories of the event are too painful for him to recall. Smith excels at capturing the urgency of crisis, and strong, fast-paced openings of both plotlines pull readers right into the story. While the narrative is based on coincidence and chance, the voices and losses of Zavion and Henry are plausible and heartbreaking. Zavion's already experienced the death of his mother, and he has created a personal code of conduct to help him survive. Less believable are the many minor characters in the book, who are difficult to keep track of and who are sometimes inserted without context. That's going to be hard to do from Baton Rouge, where he and his father have relocated. VERDICT This is a novel that will