Strom, Laura Layton,

Built below sea level : New Orleans / Laura Layton Strom. - New York : Children's Press, c2008. - 32 p. : ill. (mostly col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. - Shockwave social studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

High-powered words -- Get on the wavelength -- From swamp to city -- Fighting for New Orleans -- Multicultural gumbo -- Life in the Big Easy -- Mardi Gras and Carnival -- Wet and wild -- The sinking city -- Hurricane! -- Katrina strikes -- Cleaning up -- New Orleans today.

ISBN: 9780531177464 9780531187746 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007010059

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

LC Class. No.: F379.N557 / S77 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 976.3/35