I Survived Hurricane Katrina, by Lauren Tarshis, is a historical fiction book. This book is about a kid named Barry who lives in New Orleans with his mom, dad and little sister Cleo. In the beginning of the book Barry was showing his friend Jay the picture of a superhero he created to win a contest, but they were interrupted by Barry’s dad and told him to pack, they were moving out of their home town because there was going to be a big hurricane. As they were on the highway to get out of town Barry’s little sister got sick and they had to go back to their house and wait out the storm. Barry’s mom and sister were sleeping while Barry and his dad were watching the game and he slowly went to sleep, when he woke up their was water in his house and him and his family went to the attic and got up on the roof, but Barry fell into the water and climbed…