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Another Kind of Hurricane Hardcover – July 14, 2015

by Tamara Ellis Smith (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars 25 customer reviews
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  • Age Range: 9 - 12 years
  • Grade Level: 4 - 7
  • Lexile Measure: 0560 (What's this?)
  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Schwartz & Wade; 1 edition (July 14, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0553511939
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553511932
  • Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 1.1 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #459,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars“…Sometimes the World Tells You to Do Something New …”
By delicateflower152 TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on May 24, 2015
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When lives are impacted by tragic events, individuals cope and heal in differing ways. “Another Kind of Hurricane” tells the story of two boys, one whose home was lost to Hurricane Katrina, and one who lost his best friend. Tamara Ellis Smith has written a poignant, yet uplifting story in which helping others heal results in the healing of the individuals providing the assistance.

Zavion lives through the devastation and horror of Hurricane Katrina. As he and his father, Ben, walk through the streets of New Orleans searching for food and shelter, Zavion is faced with the same dilemma many survivors faced – was it theft to take what one needed to live or was it a matter of survival? “…Zavion …could tell the difference, but he couldn’t make a choice based on the difference …” A photojournalist helps the two leave New Orleans as they travel to Baton Rouge and a friend’s home where other survivors have gathered together and have formed a “family”.

At the same time, another boy in Vermont, Henry is coping with the accidental death of his best friend Wayne. Because he was winning a footrace against Wayne – something he had never done before - Henry feels responsible for the accident. When Wayne’s father Jake drives a truckload of relief supplies to New Orleans, Henry accompanies him. As the novel moves forward, events transpire that bring Zavion and Henry together. Their mutual need for emotional healing creates a symbiotic relationship that propels the balance of the novel’s action.

Alternating chapters focusing on Zavion or Henry, Tamara Ellis Smith creates a cohesive story that is highly emotional, but never maudlin.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhen a magic marble gets two boys from different backgrounds meet and unite
By Connie TOP 1000 REVIEWER on May 26, 2015
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Tamara Ellis Smith writes a very lyrical story about two very different boys from two very different backgrounds whose tragedies, through fate, mingled into one another's lives. Zavion from New Orleans first loses his mother, then loses his house and everything in it when Hurricane Katrina barreled through. Zavion and his father now have to survive in a city in which dead people linger in wheelchairs, people's throats are slashed, and boys Zavion's age walk around with knives. Zavion and his father do what they have to do to survive. They survive for each other, but it bothers Zavion's conscience that he and his father are doing wrong things just so they survive.

Henry, a boy from near Mount Mansfield, Vermont, loses his best friend Wayne in a foot race accident around the same time. Both boys grieve their loss as their lives try to overcome other obstacles along the way. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on the citizens of New Orleans is at times rather graphic for a young reader, but it shows how desperate people can become when they have to survive.

Henry's mom is collecting clothes for the victims of Katrina in New Orleans. She accidentally gets rid of a pair of pants that contains Henry's magic marble. Zavion ends up with those pants and finds the marble, and the story unravels to the point where the boys meet and learn about friendship, struggles, survival, love of family.

The chapters are written in alternating perspective, always third person but interchanging between Zavion and Henry. The language flows freely. Details are kept at the middle school level so that young readers can understand the suffering from their perspective. There is an underlying sense of marality, faith and love in this story that should appeal to most any reader. The plot flows well. I have to give the author credit for this magical original storyline.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Magic Of Friendship
By prisrob TOP 100 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on May 19, 2015
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What are the odds that two boys from very different parts of the country would meet in New Orleans, both suffering from loss. Each boy gets to tell his own story, and we learn all about these boys and their families.

Henry from Vermont, near Mount Mansfield, lost his best friend, Wayne, in a tragic accident. Henry felt some responsibility for this accident, and he and Wayne had a good-luck marble that they shared. The problem is Henry's mom gave his old jeans to a charity that was sending clothing to New Orleans for the people who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina.

Zavion, from New Orleans, lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, and he and his dad end up in Baton Rouge. Zavion can not stop thinking about the fact that he and his dad stole from a candy machine to stay alive. He wants to pay this back, this was not the kind of people they were.

Henry hitches a ride to New Orleans with more things for the people who lost everything. Zavion goes to New Orleans to pay back the money for the candy bars, and he ends up with Henry's old jeans and the good luck marble. Many coincidences in this book, but they need to occur, and then the boys meet, and the magic begins.

This is such a lovely story, I loved it, as did my grandson. I would suggest every adult who comes across this book, read it. This is a healing book. One boy lost everything in the hurricane, the other boy lost his best friend and his lucky marble. They come together, and they start to heal. This is about family, staying true to yourself, and reaching out to friends.

Recommended. prisrob 05-19-15
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat book!!

The book was well written and I liked the plot a lot. I loved how two boys from different places can have similarities.

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Wonderful story of friendship, hope and the kindness of strangers.

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I bought this book for my daughter, but enjoyed it immensely myself. It is not just a story of the two boys and the coincidences that bring them together. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 starsA recommended read for all ages

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Great book written by someone I've known since she was a young girl - I recommend it.

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I'm being kind as it's the author's first novel. I found the story contrived and unbelievable. The characters were not developed enough for me to care about them. Read more

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