Towers Falling

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Book Overview

From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks in a classroom of students who cannot remember the event but live through the aftermath of its cultural shift.
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, D ja can't help but feel confused...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316262226
• ISBN13: 9780316262224
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Interesting and thoughtful read.

I thought this book was very sweet and also unique. It portrays a young girl slowly learning about the pieces that make up the events of 9/11. It has very dynamic and diverse characters and a very unique family situation.