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Fantastic!
Would make a really great read aloud for 4th or 5th grade
Themes: poverty, depression, family, home, friends, connections/circles
Delightful characters and hard themes yet appropriate for kids.
Really impressed!
Would make a really great read aloud for 4th or 5th grade
Themes: poverty, depression, family, home, friends, connections/circles
Delightful characters and hard themes yet appropriate for kids.
Really impressed!
“Home is our starting point, for connecting to the past.”
Even though I know it makes sense, it’s so hard for me to realize that we have an entire generation of kids who weren’t even alive when 9/11 happened. How do you help young people realize the impact and importance of that single day and how it changed the country and the lives of millions? [a:Jewell Parker Rhodes|135707|Jewell Parker Rhodes|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1412087670p2/135707.jpg] attempts to bridge the gap between those who remember and those who don’t in this middle grades novel.
[b:Towers Falling|24846343|Towers Falling|Jewell Parker Rhodes|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1457502030l/24846343._SX50_.jpg|44491108] is a beautiful novel of a fifth grade student who lives in Brooklyn and is grappling with her own struggles. A new home and a new school means Deja has a lot of emotions, and they spill out of her as anger. I enjoyed being in Deja’s head so I could feel the confusion of how to act - does she act sad or tough? Deja typically chooses tough but her new friends quickly learn this is a front for her true emotions.
As an adult, this book brought back a lot of difficult emotions surrounding the events of 9/11. The contents of this book had me questioning at what age should young people be allowed to see video footage of that day? Are today’s students able to internalize the difference between the reality of 9/11 and all the violence they see in other places? What is the best way to hook students into learning their history? I’m not sure this book answered any of these questions, but I do think this book is a good reminder for young people that although 9/11 is “old” history, we are all connected to each other. Our parent’s history is our history and we share similarities with all sorts of people.
This book would be great for upper elementary and middle school readers.
TW: 9/11
Even though I know it makes sense, it’s so hard for me to realize that we have an entire generation of kids who weren’t even alive when 9/11 happened. How do you help young people realize the impact and importance of that single day and how it changed the country and the lives of millions? [a:Jewell Parker Rhodes|135707|Jewell Parker Rhodes|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1412087670p2/135707.jpg] attempts to bridge the gap between those who remember and those who don’t in this middle grades novel.
[b:Towers Falling|24846343|Towers Falling|Jewell Parker Rhodes|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1457502030l/24846343._SX50_.jpg|44491108] is a beautiful novel of a fifth grade student who lives in Brooklyn and is grappling with her own struggles. A new home and a new school means Deja has a lot of emotions, and they spill out of her as anger. I enjoyed being in Deja’s head so I could feel the confusion of how to act - does she act sad or tough? Deja typically chooses tough but her new friends quickly learn this is a front for her true emotions.
As an adult, this book brought back a lot of difficult emotions surrounding the events of 9/11. The contents of this book had me questioning at what age should young people be allowed to see video footage of that day? Are today’s students able to internalize the difference between the reality of 9/11 and all the violence they see in other places? What is the best way to hook students into learning their history? I’m not sure this book answered any of these questions, but I do think this book is a good reminder for young people that although 9/11 is “old” history, we are all connected to each other. Our parent’s history is our history and we share similarities with all sorts of people.
This book would be great for upper elementary and middle school readers.
TW: 9/11
While I didn't love this book, I do think it is an important one. As we try to teach the significance of 9/11 to children who were not even born when that event took place, being able to impress upon them why it matters that they learn about it is going to continue to be a challenge. I hope that middle school students will read this and start to wrap their brains around what happened that day and hopefully seek further understanding.
I read this as a teacher of middle grades youth who don't have any schema for 9/11 beyond images that they are often desensitized to. This novel begins to put voice to what it means to learn with and from the impact of those days - and what it means to teach "history" (to kids) that is still raw to the teacher who thinks of it as a part of our collective identity and shared past.
I loved this story! I feel like this would be an awesome read-aloud in my sixth grade classroom where I have students who weren’t even born when the 9/11 attack happened. I love the friendship line and how each character has their own issues to grapple with. I also appreciate the language of “terrorists,” especially in Idaho where the word is thrown around a lot without thought of its impact.
This is a well written 9/11 story that takes place in 2016 and describes why 9/11 is important to people who weren't born when it occurred. This is a heart wrenching story which details the continuing impact of the events of 9/11 by following 3 wonderfully written characters. This is a book that I'm strongly considering sharing aloud with my class.
A good read about 9/11 for middle schoolers. Just enough detail to make the event come alive.
I don't read many middle-grade books, but my seventh-grader put this into my hands and insisted I take a look. She's right; "Towers Falling" is exceptional. In a slim 200 or so pages, the book introduces pre-teens to the 9/11 attacks, which happened before they were born and for many are shrouded in mystery. The main characters in the novel, fifth-graders at a Brooklyn elementary school, experience racism, Islamophobia and homelessness but never give up hope. Recommended for parents and late elementary/early middle school readers alike.
a powerful read. Rhodes presented 9/11 events and impacts in an interesting way. A young reader would probably have a lot more questions,but this book is a great starting point for those people who weren't alive in 2001.
Brought back some horrific memories.
Brought back some horrific memories.
This young adult novel would be a good way to introduce 9/11 to young people, especially those with little knowledge of the event, its significance, etc. Pretty good, but really targeted at the middle school age group.