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Twelve-year-old Lanesha lives in a tight-knit community in New Orleans' Ninth Ward. She doesn't have a fancy house like her uptown family or lots of friends like the other kids on her street. But what she does have is Mama Ya-Ya, her fiercely loving caretaker, wise in the ways of the world and able to predict the future. So when Mama Ya-Ya's visions show a powerful hurricane--Katrina--fast approaching, it's up to Lanesha to call upon the hope and strength Mama Ya-Ya has given her to help them both survive the storm.

十二岁的孤儿莱妮莎在苦难中出生，在苦难中成长，与收养她的雅雅嬷嬷在新奥尔良的贫困区相依为命。她们遭遇过生活的贫困，遭遇过住宅区亲人的冷漠……可她们依然对生活充满热情，因为她们相亲相爱。 然而，卡特里娜飓风却残酷地摧毁了莱妮莎的家园，无情地夺去了雅雅嬷嬷的生命。可莱妮莎并没有被打倒，她坚信已逝去的妈妈深爱着自己，心爱的雅雅嬷嬷并未远去，她们就在自己的身边，鼓励并帮助自己和洪水抗争着，她就这样凭着不屈不挠的坚强意志和执著信念，逃离了灾难，最终幸存下来。