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Author Strom, Laura Layton, 1962-

Title Built below sea level : New Orleans / by Laura Layton Strom.

Publication Info. New York : Children's Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Children's Department  J976.3 STR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 976.335 STROM    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J 976.335 STROM    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 976.335 STROM    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J976.3 STR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department  J917.63 ST8B    Check Shelf
Description 36 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Shockwave social studies
Shockwave social studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 35) and index.
Contents High-powered words -- Get on the wavelength -- History you need to know -- Multicultural gumbo -- Living in the "Big Easy" -- The sinking of New Orleans -- "Devastating damage expected" -- Hurricane Katrina arrives -- Cleaning up the toxic gumbo -- A walk in the French Quarter today -- Aftershocks.
Summary A brief history of New Orleans explores its rich culture and economy and describes the devastation that occurred after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
Subject New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
New Orleans (La.) -- Geography -- Juvenile literature.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Juvenile literature.
New Orleans (La.) -- Environmental conditions -- Juvenile literature.
New Orleans (La.) -- History.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs.
New Orleans (La.) -- Geography.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
New Orleans (La.) -- Environmental conditions.
Hurricane Katrina (2005) (OCoLC)fst01755264
Ecology. (OCoLC)fst00901476
Geography. (OCoLC)fst00940469
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Louisiana -- New Orleans. (OCoLC)fst01204311
Chronological Term 2005
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN 0531177467
9780531177464
0531187748 (pbk.)
9780531187746 (pbk.)
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