In 1853 yellow fever raged in New Orleans. Boats on the Mississippi were placed under quarantine and all the cargo was left to rot. At night mass burials would take place, graveyards were full of rotting piles of corpses. The coffins are sealed after a year and a day of rotting. The night before the coffins were sealed two men snuck into the graveyards and put a body in a coffin without anyone knowing. The coffins were sealed the next day and only those two men knew the body was there.
Rebecca Brown arrived in New Orleans. She had never heard of New Orleans until hurricane Katrina hit. It was one of the most deadliest and destructive hurricanes in American history. Many people died and homes were destroyed because the houses were built a long time ago so they were not very strong. New Orleans still seemed like the city in ruins. Rebecca went to New Orleans a month before thanksgiving to live with a family friend that she has only meet once in her life. The family friend's name is Claudia and she has a daughter named Aurelia. They live in a house that is called a shotgun house. The reasoning is the house as one big hallway that all the rooms lead off of. Rebecca went to her room and was showing Aurelia pictures of her home and family. There was a picture very important to Rebecca and it was gone. Rebecca thinks her father took the picture because she didn't think it could just fall out of her wallet. Rebecca was confused because she didn't understand why her dad would take the picture that reminded her of home and her family.
Why did her father take the picture? Was it even her dad that took the picture? I would recommend this to teens who like mystery's. I would rate this book a 7/10.
This book seems very interesting! I liked how you gave questions at the end of your blog-it gave it a sense of mystery and makes me want to read it. Would you recommend this book?
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