Welcome to Litsy!

This books follows the Batiste family for twelve days surrounding Hurricane Katrina as it hits Bois Sauvage, a fictional town in southern Mississippi. We see the events through the eyes of Esch, fourteen years old and the lone daughter in a motherless family. Her father isn't much of a nurturer or bread-winner, so it's up to Esch and her brothers Randall, Skeetah, and Junior to care for each other with the little they have. The book starts out⬇️