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Three in the Big Easy

February 12, 2013 |

Written by: Kelly on February 12, 2013.

If I were a more organized blogger, I’d remember to check the monthly calendar before scheduling posts to see if there are holidays or celebrations worth thinking about in terms of YA books. 

But since I’m not, I’m going to instead put together a quick and simple post about one of my favorite things: Mardi Gras. I had the chance to go a few years back and it was a blast (I’m not a partier — I loved the parades and the cuisine). 

In celebration of Fat Tuesday and the kick off of the Mardi Gras celebration, here are three YA books set in the Big Easy. I’ve read two of the three below, and what I love is how the three of these titles sort of give a lot of insight into the lure and the culture of the city. If you have others set there, feel free to drop a comment! Descriptions are from WorldCat.

My Mother the Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow 

Thirteen-year-old Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the violent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans.

Ruined by Paula Morris

Rebecca goes to New Orleans to stay with her aunt and sees the destruction of Hurricane Katrina and meets a ghost girl named Lisette. 

Bonus on this title is the weaving of Mardi Gras into the story. 

Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys

Josie, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a French Quarter prostitute, is striving to escape 1950 New Orleans and enroll at prestigious Smith College when she becomes entangled in a murder investigation.

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  1. Stephsco says

    February 12, 2013 at 6:12 pm

    I started to read My Mother the Cheerleader (looking for 60s-set YA). I think it falls more toward middle grade, kind of a tweener-focused book. The cheerleaders were actually militant style protesters. It was quite a different book than I expected! Looking forward to the Ruta Sepetys one.

    • admin says

      February 12, 2013 at 6:13 pm

      I've read My Mother the Cheerleader. I think it's YA, but definitely on the younger end of YA (which is great — I think there's a void there, especially for historical fiction like this one).

      I haven't read the Sepetys but am so looking forward to it, too.

  2. Liviania says

    February 12, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    Out of the Easy is ridiculously good.

  3. Jennifer Rummel says

    February 13, 2013 at 1:39 am

    Labor of Love by Rachel Hawthorne
    Darkness becomes her by Kelly Keaton.

  4. Erin says

    February 13, 2013 at 4:33 am

    Orleans by Sherri Smith, which is coming out in March, is set in a dystopian future New Orleans.

  5. lalibrarylady86 says

    February 13, 2013 at 6:24 am

    It's not fiction, so not sure if it what you are looking for, but "One Dead in Attic" by Chris Rose. Chris is a local newspaperman who blogged stories to all of us displaced about what was going on back here after Katrina. Chris told of the shit & the humor that could only be told by someone who loves New Orleans. Those posts were a lifeline and I greatly value what he captured for history.

  6. lalibrarylady86 says

    February 13, 2013 at 6:24 am

    It's not fiction, so not sure if it what you are looking for, but "One Dead in Attic" by Chris Rose. Chris is a local newspaperman who blogged stories to all of us displaced about what was going on back here after Katrina. Chris told of the shit & the humor that could only be told by someone who loves New Orleans. Those posts were a lifeline and I greatly value what he captured for history.

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