This novel can also be categorized as a climate fiction novel, which uses fiction to speculate. Smith delivers an expertly crafted story about a fierce heroine whose powerful voice and firm determination will stay with you long after you've turned the last page. Smith is the author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction books for young people including the 2021 Society of Childrens Book Writers and. Orleans can be categorized as a dystopian, Afrofuturist novel. In the end, they are each other's last hope for survival.

Brought together by chance, kept together by danger, Fen and Daniel navigate the wasteland of Orleans. Fen meets Daniel, a scientist from the Outer States who has snuck into the Delta illegally. Smith, Orleans is (as I’ve said before) a powerful book. Sherri Smith is a compelling author that keeps the reader on the edge of. Left with her tribe leader's newborn, Fen is determined to get the baby to a better life over the wall before her blood becomes tainted. With the spread of Delta Fever, New Orleans is no longer divided by racial. Smith repeatedly reminds readers that this. Fen de la Guerre is living with the O-Positive blood tribe in the Delta when they are ambushed. STARRED REVIEW FROM BCCB: Orleans itself is a compelling intersection of environmental chaos and human politics.

Years later, residents of the Outer States are under the assumption that life in the Delta is all but extinctâ€¦but in reality, a new primitive society has been born. After a string of devastating hurricanes and a severe outbreak of Delta Fever, the Gulf Coast has been quarantined.

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