Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
by Don Brown
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Graphic Novel
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 3,207
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 175216, 1 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- Disaster victims
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | United States - 21st Century
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Juvenile literature
- Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature
- Racism--United States--Juvenile literature
- Social classes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Comic books, strips, etc
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | Modern
- Social classes--Louisiana--New Orleans--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | United States - State & Local
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Graphic novels
- New Orleans
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Social classes
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - General
- Comic books, strips, etc.--United States
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Disasters
- Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Comic books, strips, etc
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Comic books, strips, etc
- Comic books, strips, etc
- Louisiana
- United States
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- Racism
- Racism--United States--Comic books, strips, etc
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Awards & Distinctions 13
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Winner, 2016
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2016
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2024
Commended, 2016
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2024
Selection, 2016
Young Adult Favorites Award, 2015-2024
Selection, 2016
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
Selection, 2016
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Graphic Novels Selection, 2015
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2015
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2015
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2015
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2024
Young Adult Selection, 2015
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