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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 8 Up—After Hurricane Katrina, a series of hurricanes hits the Gulf Coast and decimated its population, leaving behind destruction and illness. Fifty years later, Delta Fever has set in, and the government abandoned the residents and constructed a wall to keep illness away from the Outer States. People in Orleans live in tribes according to their blood type, and with blood transfusions often necessary, blood is a commodity that many will take by force. Fifteen-year-old Fen lives in Orleans w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2013
With near-biblical cadence, sixteen-year-old orphan Fen recites the flood stories of New Orleans, enumerating the hurricanes that have battered the city over the years as they increase in frequency and intensity. In the beginning, "the sky and the sea can't live without New Orleans being they own, so they start to fight over her." When Jesus, the seventh storm and a category 6, hits the city in 2019, "that be the end of New Orleans. She love that last ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
