Saint Louis Armstrong Beach

Saint Louis Armstrong Beach by Woods, Brenda. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780399255076.

The gripping story of a boy, a dog and a hurricane Saint is a boy with confidence as big as his name is long. A budding musician, he earns money playing clarinet for the New Orleans tourists. His best friend is a stray dog named Shadow, and its because of Shadow that Saints still in town when Hurricane Katrina hits. Saints not worried about the hurricane at first--he plans to live to be a hundred just to defy his palm-reader friend Jupi, who told him he had a short life line. But now the city has been ordered to evacuate and Saint wont leave without Shadow. His search brings him to his elderly neighbors home and the three of them flee to her attic when the waters rise. But when Miz Morans medication runs out, its up to Saint to save her life--and his beloved Shadows.