Between Piety and Desire (Neighborhood Story Project)

by Arlet Wylie and Sam Wylie

Book Overview

St. Claude Avenue, the main street in New Orleans's Ninth Ward, lies between Piety and Desire. Brother-and-sister team Arlet and Sam Wylie talk about their regular and irregular life on the rough-and-tumble street, living above a neighborhood store. Throughout, they weave a frank and self-reflective history of St. Claude through their own history living upstairs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608010406
• ISBN13: 9781608010400
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of New Orleans Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7