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Twelve-year-old
Zane Dupree had no interest in leaving his comfortable New Hampshire home
to spend the summer with an ancient aunt in New Orleans. In New Orleans, he didn't have much time to get to know Aunt Trissy before an evacuation notice warned them of an approaching catastrophic storm, Hurricane Katrina. Obeying the order to leave, they got aboard a church van and headed toward safety in bumper-to-bumper traffic. Suddenly Bandy jumped out the window and began to run down the crowded highway. Zane foolishly jumped out of the van to chase Bandy. In doing so, he lost all hope of escaping the wrath of Katrina. Zane and Brandy were plunged into the depth of the hurricane trying to survive rising filthy water, being trapped in an attic, and avoiding masses of writhing floating snakes. Could they find a degree of safety in a small canoe with a young girl and an old musician? Would the gigantic ships being washed inland squash them? How could they survive the criminals who would take them prisoner and the over-aggressive security teams protecting the rich? Zane and The Hurricane chronicles the facts of Hurricane Katrina through the eyes of the fictional Zane. The steamy, frightening setting and the dangers that Zane and Bandy face create page-turning memories of one of the worst disasters in modern American history. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Research
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