The Louisiana Girls Trilogy Series by Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.02 · 44 ratings
  • Ninth Ward (The Louisiana Girls Trilogy #1)
    #1

    Ninth Ward (The Louisiana Girls Trilogy #1)

    Jewell Parker Rhodes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 2010

    From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a heartbreaking and uplifting tale of survival in the face of Hurricane Katrina. Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. She doesn't have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street. But what she does have is Mama Ya-Ya, her fiercely loving caretaker, wise in the ways of the world and able to predict the future... more

  • Sugar (The Louisiana Girls Trilogy #2)
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    Sugar (The Louisiana Girls Trilogy #2)

    Jewell Parker Rhodes

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2013

    Ten-year-old Sugar lives on the River Road sugar plantation along the banks of the Mississippi. Slavery is over, but laboring in the fields all day doesn't make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar has a knack for finding her own fun, especially when she joins forces with forbidden friend Billy, the white plantation owner's son. Sugar has always yearned to learn more about the world, and she sees her chance when Chinese workers are brought in to help harvest the cane... more

  • Bayou Magic (The Louisiana Girls Trilogy #3)
    #3

    Bayou Magic (The Louisiana Girls Trilogy #3)

    Jewell Parker Rhodes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2015

    If only Maddy sees the mermaid, can it be real?It's Maddy's turn to have a bayou summer. At first she misses life back home in the city, but soon she grows to love everything about her new surroundings -- the glimmering fireflies, the glorious landscape, and something else, deep within the water, that only Maddy sees. Could it be a mermaid? As her grandmother shares wisdom about sayings and signs, Maddy realizes she may be only the sibling to carry on her family's magical legacy... more

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