Falling Towers

Towers Falling

By Jewell Parker Rhodes

Towers Falling is a story that takes place 15 years after the World Trade Center buildings feel.  The story is of a young girl named Deja.  Deja's family is struggling to make it day-to-day, due to her father's illness so they are living in a community shelter.  Even though Deja doesn't enjoy living there, she works hard as a young girl to help out with her siblings and finds great friends at school.  It's at school where she starts to learn about community and how history connects us.  Throughout her days in school she realizes that her family has a connection to the falling towers and it's impacted her life, even though she hadn't realized it before.  

This is a perfect book for students who were not around during the World Trade Center attacks to read.  It shows them the consequences of what happened and subtly shows the reader why it's important to remember our history.  This book is outstanding!