ANOTHER KIND OF HURRICANE travels to Malaysia! another kind of book talk; another kind of book trailer! Katie LeFrancois’ 4th Grade Class at Richmond Elementary School; The Louisiana Book Festival; Archives. December ; June ; November ; October ; November ; June ; Categories. another kind of hurricane; another kind of. Tamara Ellis Smith earned her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Richmond, Vermont, with her family. Another Kind of Hurricane (July ) is her first novel. Visit her website for more about Another Kind of Hurricane, including a moving essay explaining the story behind the story. another kind of hurricane – Tamara Ellis Smith. In New Orleans, ten-year-old Zavion crouches in the attic of his house as Hurricane Katrina pounds around him. Up, down, and over. In northern Vermont, ten-year-old Henry swipes a marble hidden inside his best friend’s casket. He still can’t believe his friend died on Mount Mansfield—their mountain. As Zavion and his father flee for a friend’s house in Baton .
This adult reader enjoyed the way author Tamara Ellis Smith intricately and realistically wove together two very different boys and also managed to illustrate how we all are the same at many levels. A handful of my 4th and several handfuls of my 5th graders will Zavion lost everything but his father when a hurricane devastated New Orleans. Tamara Ellis Smith earned her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Richmond, Vermont, with her family. Even so, Another Kind of Hurricane is not dependent on Hurricane Katrina to steer the story. Grief is the driving force. The New York Times Book Review. Another Kind of Hurricane. Written by Tamara Ellis Smith. Published byRandom House Children's Books. Buy Book. Add to. Prices as of Nov Retail. $ Bookshop. $ Tamara Ellis Smith earned her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Richmond, Vermont, with her family.
another kind of hurricane – Tamara Ellis Smith. In New Orleans, ten-year-old Zavion crouches in the attic of his house as Hurricane Katrina pounds around him. Up, down, and over. In northern Vermont, ten-year-old Henry swipes a marble hidden inside his best friend’s casket. He still can’t believe his friend died on Mount Mansfield—their mountain. As Zavion and his father flee for a friend’s house in Baton Rouge, Henry and his best friend’s father head south to New Orleans to help. 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. A hurricane, a tragic death, two boys, one marble. How they intertwine is at the heart of this beautiful, poignant book. ANOTHER KIND OF HURRICANE travels to Malaysia! another kind of book talk; another kind of book trailer! Katie LeFrancois’ 4th Grade Class at Richmond Elementary School; The Louisiana Book Festival; Archives. December ; June ; November ; October ; November ; June ; Categories. another kind of hurricane; another kind of.
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