Orleans

TitleOrleans
Year for Search2013
AuthorsSmith, Sherri L.(b. 1971)
Date Published2013
PublisherG. P. Putnam's Sons
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsAfrican American author, Female author
Annotation

Young adult post-catastrophe (hurricanes followed by disease). The entire Mississippi Delta region is walled off and inhabitants assumed to be dead. The young woman protagonist decides to take a baby, whose mother has died in childbirth, across the wall to give it a better life. African American female author.

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Author Note

African-American female author (b. 1971). 

Full Text

2013 Smith, Sherri L. (b. 1971). Orleans. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Public

Young adult post-catastrophe (hurricanes followed by disease). The entire Mississippi Delta region is walled off and inhabitants assumed to be dead. The young woman protagonist decides to take a baby, whose mother has died in childbirth, across the wall to give it a better life. African American female author.