Renee Watson
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English
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Describes through the eyes of children a family living through Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and illustrates their fears, the losses, and the destruction they witnessed. Depicts their joy when they are finally allowed to go back home and their adjustment to the changes that have occurred.
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Ryan, a cheerful fourth-grader from Portland, Oregon, tries to look on the bright side of every difficulty life throws at her, including having a name that's typically a boy's name. When her father loses his job, they have to move to a smaller house and sell their second car. Ryan is sometimes sad, especially when she botches a well-practiced speech, but with her family and friends supporting her, she finds ways to make sunshine in her life.