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Drowned City Hurricane Katrina & New Orléans is a graphic novel that tells a story of Hurricane Katrina and her effects on the cities that she went through her fury. The factual account starts of in Early August when Hurricane Katrina was formeed off the coast of Africa. The story continues to tell the highs and lows of those that lived through Hurricane Katrina ending itselfa that the point where the city and surronding areas are rebuilding back into the community it once was.The pictures in this novel at times pull at the heart string and will take readers back to the time and date if when that situation occur. The illustrator does not shy away from any details in this novel. There is a scene in the book that shows the bodies of victims floating
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