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Gr 4–7—Saint Louis Armstrong Beach is an 11-year-old, clarinet-playing resident of Tremé, a neighborhood near the French Quarter in New Orleans. As Saint saves up his street-performing tips for a new clarinet and tries to make sense of his broken relationship with his former best friend, a catastrophic storm gathers. Saint is forced to evacuate the city, but decides to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"Saint Louis Armstrong Beach is me," says the narrator, an almost-twelve-year-old African American boy living in New Orleans in 2005. This spare, moving novel covers five days before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina. In a carefully crafted backstory, Woods deftly shows (never tells) readers about Saint's "before": his life in the tight-knit, historic community of Tremé; infatuation with a thirteen-year-old neighbor; success as a street musician; de...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This spare, moving novel voiced by an almost-twelve-year-old African American narrator covers five days before, during, and after Hurr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More