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Towers Falling
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
10 year old Dèja is starting 5th grade at a new school.
She and her family are sharing a single room at the Avalon Family Residence shelter and that zones her to Brooklyn Collective Elementary .
It’s September and Miss Garcia introduces a class project centered around community.
All the kids are excited to work in their groups and discuss the upcoming 15th anniversary of 9/11.
However, Dèja is clueless. What towers ?
How is it possible that a Brooklyn native, although not yet born during the attacks, doesn’t know about the horrific tragedies that occurred in her home state ?
Through these assignments, Dèja is able to learn the history surrounding 9/11, how it affected those around her, and what it means to be an American.
“History is dead. Not alive. It doesn’t mean anything if they don’t teach the whole story.”
She and her family are sharing a single room at the Avalon Family Residence shelter and that zones her to Brooklyn Collective Elementary .
It’s September and Miss Garcia introduces a class project centered around community.
All the kids are excited to work in their groups and discuss the upcoming 15th anniversary of 9/11.
However, Dèja is clueless. What towers ?
How is it possible that a Brooklyn native, although not yet born during the attacks, doesn’t know about the horrific tragedies that occurred in her home state ?
Through these assignments, Dèja is able to learn the history surrounding 9/11, how it affected those around her, and what it means to be an American.
“History is dead. Not alive. It doesn’t mean anything if they don’t teach the whole story.”