One of the most important characters in the book Ninth Ward was a twelve year old girl named Lanesha. Lanesha has a fine brown skin with eyes the color green with the tiniest specks of yellow. Lanesha has a special ability which is being able to see ghost, Although with her Aunts, Uncles ,cousins and other relatives knowing this they are afraid of her .Lanesha likes Shakespeare,she is smart, generous and caring. The other main character in the book Ninth Ward is Mama ya-ya who was 82 years old though because of her age she is a bit blind she is considered to be Lanesha’s mother and grandmother. Mama Ya-Ya’s characteristics are that she has wrinkly light brown skin because of her age which has also given her silver hair and is small in size