Over the summer, the sixth grade read a book called Finding Someplace. This book is about a 12 year old girl named Reesie whose birthday is in a few weeks. Suddenly, Hurricane Katrina whirls through New Orleans, Louisiana. First, Reesie’s family is hesitant to evacuating,  even though all the other families were. Reesie’s parents agreed to let Reesie’s uncle pick her up and let her evacuate with him. Soon, Reesie realizes that her uncle can’t pick her up because the highway has been adjusted so that the only direction you can go is out. When Reesie goes to pick up the cake from her next door neighbor, Miss Martine, she gets stuck at her neighbor’s house because of the hurricane. Reesie and Miss Martine try to survive Hurricane Katrina together. This book is full of adventure and I definitely recommend it.

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After we read this book, we wrote a short essay on who we think is the hero. This is mine down below:

I would consider Ms. Martine Odette Simone as the hero of the story. I think this because if it wasn’t for Ms. Martine’s house, then Reesie probably would not have survived. Also, if Ms. Martine had been mean and if she haven’t let Reesie come to her home, Reesie would have nowhere to go during the hurricane.

Another reason I think that Ms, Martine is the hero is that if it weren’t for Ms. Martine’s coconut cake, Reesie would not have come to get the cake and she wouldn’t have gotten into Ms. Martine’s house.

My last reason is that if Ms.Martine hadn’t  agreed to let Dré in even though he ran away, Dré wouldn’t have been able to break open the roof and save everyone. Every heroic thing other people did started with Ms. Martine. She really went through a lot to make sure Reesie, Dré, and Eritrea were safe.

When Reesie is packing her backpack to take with her when she evacuates with her uncle, he tells her to only pack the important stuff. My teacher asked us to draw what we would take in our backpacks if we had to evacuate.

This is mine down below:

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Bye for now,

Ella