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Towers Falling
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
I really enjoyed this book. It's innocence hooked me, much the same way Wonder did a few years ago. What a complex topic to challenge. How do we teach our kids about 9/11? How can we connect them to the importance of the event itself, but also the things that we need to learn from it?
One of the things I loved about this book is how diverse the characters were - even though it was a forced parallel to the intersections of 9/11. I was also really struck by their kindness to one another. Deja is definitely the underdog in many ways, but the kindness of Sabeen and Ben is so genuine and endearing. And it isn't just them, and then the rest of the class are total little jerk faces. Everyone is kind. Not overly so, but I think my mind must have been tainted by stories where all the kids are total bullies and punks to one another, because that's what I was expecting here. But there is kindness, tolerance, an interest in getting to know someone who looks or lives differently that you.
This is one I want my kids to read.
One of the things I loved about this book is how diverse the characters were - even though it was a forced parallel to the intersections of 9/11. I was also really struck by their kindness to one another. Deja is definitely the underdog in many ways, but the kindness of Sabeen and Ben is so genuine and endearing. And it isn't just them, and then the rest of the class are total little jerk faces. Everyone is kind. Not overly so, but I think my mind must have been tainted by stories where all the kids are total bullies and punks to one another, because that's what I was expecting here. But there is kindness, tolerance, an interest in getting to know someone who looks or lives differently that you.
This is one I want my kids to read.