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lauriel13 's review for:
Towers Falling
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
This is a book meant for young readers, middle school aged, kids who were not alive during 9/11 and may not know anything about it. So reading it as an adult who lived through it, with a husband who was in NYC that day, it was a bit too simple. I can see the book being used as a learning tool in schools and there are even sections in the back of the book just for that purpose.
The book is set in present day in Brooklyn being told from the point of view of 10 year old Deja. She knows nothing about 9/11 until her teacher starts discussing it in class. She seems to be the only one who is unaware. I don’t know how realistic this is. What do kids know? What do they understand? Have parents talked with them, other kids, just found out randomly on tv or the internet?
Deja makes friends with Ben, a new student from Arizona, and Sabeen, a Turkish American. These characters were written purposely to show how people outside of NYC area as well as those who seem ethnically similar to the terrorists have dealt with 9/11. Little by little Deja learns about 9/11 as well about relationships and how people are different yet the same.
I wish there was more after the end of the book but it’s a good starting point for kids.
The book is set in present day in Brooklyn being told from the point of view of 10 year old Deja. She knows nothing about 9/11 until her teacher starts discussing it in class. She seems to be the only one who is unaware. I don’t know how realistic this is. What do kids know? What do they understand? Have parents talked with them, other kids, just found out randomly on tv or the internet?
Deja makes friends with Ben, a new student from Arizona, and Sabeen, a Turkish American. These characters were written purposely to show how people outside of NYC area as well as those who seem ethnically similar to the terrorists have dealt with 9/11. Little by little Deja learns about 9/11 as well about relationships and how people are different yet the same.
I wish there was more after the end of the book but it’s a good starting point for kids.