Another Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis Smith

They flapped in the wind like shredded flags. Papa’s rolls of canvas caught and tore on nails protruding from the walls. “Papa!” “I’m coming up!” Zavion’s eyes darted around the room. He sounded far away, but he was only downstairs. * * * “Zavion!” Papa called through the wind. A real mountain would rise above this wind and Zavion would be safe.

Zavion closed his eyes and pictured Grandmother Mountain. He squeezedhis eyes shut, but that didn’t stop the wind and that didn’t stop his body from shaking so hard he thought his heart might shake right out of his chest. Zavion didn’t know where he would feel it, or where he would hear it next. Papa had said they needed to get to the attic, to the highest point in the house. The wind pushed and moaned just beneath the drywall. The wind wrapped itself around the two-by-fours that held Zavion’s house straight and tall. She lives in Richmond, Vermont, with her family. Tamara Ellis Smith earned her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. “In Smith’s poetic hands, this poignant story barrels across the pages and into the reader’s heart, reminding us that magic can arise from the deepest tragedy.” -Kathi Appelt, Newbery Honor Award winner and two-time National Book Award Finalist Rich with imagery and crackling with hope, this is the unforgettable story of how lives connect in unexpected, even magical, ways. And when Henry, a ten-year-old boy in northern Vermont, tragically loses his best friend, Wayne, he flees to ravaged New Orleans to help with hurricane relief efforts-and to search for a marble that was in the pocket of a pair of jeans donated to the Red Cross. When ten-year-old Zavion loses his home in Hurricane Katrina, he and his father are forced to flee to Baton Rouge. How they intertwine is at the heart of this beautiful, poignant book. In this stunning debut novel, two very different characters-a black boy who loses his home in Hurricane Katrina and a white boy in Vermont who loses his best friend in a tragic accident-come together to find healing.Ī hurricane, a tragic death, two boys, one marble.

Another Kind of Hurricane by Tamara Ellis Smith