Rejected by her peers because of supernatural gifts that enable her to see spirits, 12-year-old Lanesha, a resident of New Orleans's Ninth Ward, receives affirmation from fiercely loving caretaker Mama Ya-Ya and is forced to draw on inner strength in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. A first middle grade novel by the award-winning author of Voodoo Dreams A coming-of-age story set in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
