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Patrick, Denise Lewis.

Finding someplace / Denise Lewis Patrick. — First edition.

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Summary: The weekend she turns thirteen, aspiring clothing designer Teresa “Reesie” Boone is separated from her family by Hurricane Katrina but, during the horrific storm and its aftermath, begins to find strength in herself.

ISBN 978-0-8050-4716-5 (hardback) — ISBN 978-1-62779-423-7 (e-book)

[1. Hurricane Katrina, 2005—Fiction.  2. Family life—Louisiana—New Orleans—Fiction.  3. African Americans—Fiction.  4. New Orleans (La.)—Fiction.]  I. Title.

PZ7.P2747Fin 2015        [Fic]—dc23        2015000561

First hardcover edition 2015

eBook edition August 2015

eISBN 9781627794237