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Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.0

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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.