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2) Zeitoun
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
Formats
Description
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the eerie days after the storm, he traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and rescuing those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared. His wife Kathy, a boisterous Southerner who converted...
6) Unbreak me
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Andra Lawler lives an isolated life on her family's ranch following a sexual assault. LJ Delisle has been stuck in a cycle of poverty and grief following Hurricane Katrina. When the black Creole cowboy leaves his home to train horses on the whitewashed ranches of Montana, his gentle attention to Andra during their time together helps her tiptoe out of her isolation. But Andra's father is suspicious of LJ. Before they can work through Andra's fears...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina sits a lasting monument of the devastation. Six Flags New Orleans is currently sitting abandoned, rotting away in the Louisiana swamp. The film explores the past, present, and future, to find out how this incredible theme park became frozen in time and left in and endless void of uncertainty.
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Rampant crime and government ineptitude continue to cripple the city's recovery, with outside profiteers looking to cash in on short-term gains. The series' focus is still on ordinary people, but they no longer accept their lack of influence on the institutions that have controlled the city.
11) Hurricane season
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Based on the true story of basketball coach and mentor Al Collins, who led his team to victory after Hurricane Katrina ravaged their homes and destroyed their spirits. Collins attempts to create a winning basketball team using players from five of the hardest-hit high schools in the area. Takes a look at the disaster and shows how heroes can rise from the most devastating of circumstances.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Ten years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana--on August 29, 2005--journalist Gary Rivlin traces the storm's immediate damage, the city of New Orleans's efforts to rebuild itself, and the storm's lasting affects not just on the city's geography and infrastructure, but on the psychic, racial, and social fabric of [the city]"--Amazon.com.
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Incorporats home footage shot by Kimberly Rivers Roberts-an aspiring rap artist trapped with her husband in the 9th ward-directors/producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal weave this insider's view of Katrina with a devastating protrait of the hurricane's aftermath. Trouble the Water takes audiences on a journey that is by turns heart-stopping, infuriating, inspiring and empowering. It's not only about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, but about the underlying...
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents seven true stories of survival in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina using graphic novel format. Individuals ranging from a high-school senior to a man who has been a fixture of the French Quarter all face the decision of whether to stay or flee.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters is American history. A toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. The storm completely transformed one of the most beloved cities in America, leaving nearly 80 percent of New Orleans flooded and damaging 134,000 housing units, causing unprecedented destruction. The response to Katrina is a topic of unending debate and anger....
Author
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
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Description
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into an unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. In the days after the storm, Abdulrahman traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared-- arrested and accused of being an agent of al Qaeda.