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Towers Falling

4/30/2018

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Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes, award-winning author of Ninth Ward, was written as a way to help middle school age and older students to understand the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. 

When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window, Dèja can't help but feel confused. She sets off on a journey of discovery, with new friends Ben and Sabeen by her side. But just as she gets closer to answering big questions about who she is, what America means, and how communities can grow (and heal), she uncovers new questions, too. Like, why does Pop get so angry when she brings up anything about the towers?

Awards: 
    • 2017 CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 
    • 2017 Notable Books for a Global Society

      If you are interested in learning more about the 9/11 tragedy, try the following books available in the TAHS library:

      Fiction
      • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel by Jonathan Safran Foer
      • One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury
      Nonfiction:
      • The Red Bandana by Tom Rinaldi
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      Ten True Tales Series

      2/26/2018

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      The 10 True Tales series by Allan Zullo including the titles above and more are short, easy to read nonfiction books.  The author uses memoirs, diaries, biographies, battle reports, and military files to research his subjects.  He uses real names, dates, and places to write factual versions of his subjects heroism, dramatizing certain scenes and recreating some dialogue.
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