Genre: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction
Source: I purchased a copy
This is the story of
four teens from different parts of the country. Amy’s mom has a new job in New
York City. They have just moved to California. She doesn’t fit in with the
girls there. The girls in her new school assume that the reason her mom has a job in
New York, and she and her dad are in California is because her parents are
splitting up. This causes all kinds of
anxiety for her. Sergio lives with his grandmother. He hates the
father who left him and his mom. Will is
angry because his father died trying to help a man along the side of the road. He is more angry because he learns the man
was already dead and in his mind his dad died for no reason. Nadira is a Muslim girl who is proud of the
scarf she wears. However, at her new school she is beginning to feel
uncomfortable when someone asks her about her scarf. Even though these kids don’t know each other
they all have one thing in common, 9/11.
This is a must read
book. You need to read it to see how each of their lives were changed on that
day. Another great book to put on my shelves for my students.
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