I thought this was an ok book, and will likely be a great pick, say, years from now when this event begins to fade around the edges of our collective memory. But I am not sure teens who saw the news coverage will discover anything new from this narrative, wrapped around a jazz musician and his son surviving the Superdome ordeal post-Katrina. In many ways, their story turned out to be a lucky one. (hopeful ending, sorry about spoilers.) I will be very interested in reading books about those refugees who were unable to return to NOLA, or who were not as lucky as the characters in this book. Guess my personal preference is to hear the stories that were *not* told & re-told in mainstream media.