Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Call Number: F Author: Ward, Jesmyn. Title: Salvage the bones : a novel / Jesmyn Ward. Edition: Paperback ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Bloomsbury, 2012. Description: 271 p. ; 21 cm. Summary: Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups. Subjects: African American children -- Fiction. African American teenage girls -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Motherless families -- Fiction. African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction. Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction. PLP -- Women's History Month - Historical Fiction -- 2019.02. Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction. Other Title: OCLC Work Id http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/13463141 Notes: Includes a reading group guide (p. 267-271). Accelerated Reader UG 5.3 13 152039. National Book Award Winner for Fiction, 2011. ISBN: 9781608196265 (pbk) 1608196267 (pbk.) Other Number: 790128611 Items available: 2 Copies owned: 3 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Availability' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1