Vernon Poche & The Ghosts of New Orleans booking

Vernon Poche just wants to go home but home isn t the same any Hurricane Katrina changed all that Could the ghosts who remain haunting the empty streets show him the way Paul Siefken President and CEO of Fred Rogers Productions is known as the very best in educational children s media on broadcast and digital platform He now brings his talent to print form in this lovingly written and touching story of New Orleans historic people and culture just for kids of course Vernon Poche u0026 The Ghosts of New Orleans A NovelAn ode to New Orleans and the people who contributed to its rich history Vernon struggles with his father s plan to abandon New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina insisting that the city is not worth rebuilding Vernon feels very differently but does not know how to convince his father until he and a new friend are lead through the city s abundant history by the ghosts who have given NOLA its culture. PDF Vernon Poche & The Ghosts of New orleans hub This is a touching tale full of facts and interesting characters Great middle grade read for kids looking for adventure English E ARC provided by Edelweiss PlusHurricane Katrina in 2005 spawned a large number of middle grade books on the topic including Brown s Drowned City nonfiction Herlong s Buddy Holt s The Hurricane Girls Messner s Ranger in Time Hurricane Katrina Rescue Philbrick s Zane and the Hurricane Rhodes The Ninth Ward Smith s Another Kind of Hurricane Tarshis I Survived Hurricane Katrina Volponi s Hurricane Song and Woodson s Beneath a Meth Moon the aftermath. Vernon Poche & The Ghosts of New Orleans ebooks online This is a bit of a twist while the experience of two tweens during the hurricane is shown the book is concerned mainly with the aftermath Vernon and his father return to their home that was not damaged in the sliver by the river so that his father can work on the electrical systems Even though a National Guard member has told Vernon he should not be biking around the area because it s dangerous he has met the ghost of Marie Laveau at his mother s grave site and she sends him on an adventure to meet some of the great musicians of the past We also see Alisha whose mother was caught in the city but evacuated to the Houston Astrodome and is now staying with a friend and working at an Applebee s Alisha who is staying with her grandparents in another area of New Orleans wants to make sure her mother can be a chef in the French Quarter instead of permanently relocating to Houston Vernon does have a dog I m not sure it s legal to write a book about this storm without including a dog A lot of my books about this natural disaster have fallen apart so if that s the case in your library and you want a book that explored the history of New Orleans while dealing with the aftermath of the storm this would be a good choice English