We asked author Natasha Lowe to judge our writing contest, "If you were in the character's shoes." She read all ten entries and decided that Natalia's piece, "Natalia in Hurricane Katrina" pulled her in the most. Congratulations, Natalia! Here is an excerpt from her story:
My mom and dad say I worry too much. They say I get worked up way too much about the littlest things. Things I don't have the right to worry about. But when the levies have just broken, and there's a category 5 hurricane on your tail… When you've just refused to go to the Super Dome, the only safe place in the whole of New Orleans, because they won't let your pets in… When your home sweet home has just turned into a deadly ocean before your eyes, and you have nowhere to go, I think I have the right to be worried.
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