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Rhodes, Jewell Parker

Towers Falling

228 pp. | Little | July, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-26222-4 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-316-26223-1
(4) 4-6 Fifth grader Dèja and her five-person family recently moved to a New York City homeless shelter. In her new school they're learning about the September 11 attacks; discoveries she makes with two friends lead her to better understand her father's breathing problems and general sadness. While the book is preachy and slightly saccharine, the character development feels natural and the subject material is treated with dignity.
Reviewer: Sian Gaetano

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