Reesie Boone just knows that thirteen is going to be her best year
yet-this will be the year she makes her very first fashion design on her
Ma Maw's sewing machine. She'll skip down the streets of New Orleans
with her best friends, Ayanna and Orlando, and everyone will look at her
in admiration.
But on Reesie's birthday, everything changes. Hurricane Katrina hits her
city. Stranded at home alone, Reesie takes refuge with her elderly
neighbor, Miss Martine. The waters rise. They escape in a boat. And soon
Reesie is reunited with her family. But her journey back home has only
begun.
Finding Someplace by Denise Lewis Patrick is a story of a family
putting itself back together, and a young girl learning to find herself.
A Christy Ottaviano Book