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1) Ground Zero
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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Description
"Two kids. One devastating day. Nothing will ever be the same. September 11, 2001, New York City: Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion. And Brandon is in the middle of it all. Can he survive -- and escape? September 11, 2019, Afghanistan: Reshmina has grown up in the shadow of war, but she dreams of peace...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
When the Twin Towers fall on September 11, 2001, blocks from her school, twelve-year-old Molly, unable to reach her dads or Gran, must find her seven-year-old sister, Adi, and get her safely home. Includes author's note, glossary, and discussion questions.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Description
In interweaving stories of sixteen-year-olds, modern-day Jesse tries to cope with the ramifications of her brother's death on 9/11, while in 2001, Alia, a Muslim, gets trapped in one of the Twin Towers and meets a boy who changes everything for her as flames rage around them.
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Series
I survived volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas's parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. So the next morning, Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. It's a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives at...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
"In this dual-narrative tale, a teenage American army private and an Afghan boy living under the horrors of the Taliban, caught on separate sides of the world during the tumultuous times leading up to and following 9/11, come to discover how much more they have in common than they ever could have imagined"--Provided by the publisher.
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Series
Ranger in time volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Courage In The Face Of Danger!
Ranger has never needed his search-and-rescue training more than when he arrives at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. There he meets Risha Scott and her friend Max who have come to work with Risha's mother for a school project. But when the unthinkable happens and the building is evacuated, Risha is separated from her mom. Can Ranger lead Risha to safety and help reunite her family?
Author
Series
I survived volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas's parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. So the next morning, Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. It's a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives at...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Description
"The tragic 9/11 event in NYC that changed the world, altered the life of Abbi Hope Goldstein as well as that of Noah Stern. They did not know each other back then, but they know each other now, and while Abbi is trying to move forward with her life, Noah still has unanswered questions that he believes Abbi can help answer"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
730L
Description
Relates how the lives of four children living in different parts of the country intersect and are affected by the events of September 11, 2001.
Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was serene and lovely, a perfect day - until 8:46 a.m., when a plane struck the World Trade Center. But that hasn't happened yet. Right now it is a few days earlier, and four kids in different parts of the country are going abou their lives. Sergio, who lives in Brooklyn, is...
11) Towers falling
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
"While learning about September 11th, fifth grader D�eja (born after the attacks) realizes how much the events still color her world"--
For fifth grader D�eja, it's tough enough starting school in a new neighborhood. Projects about her home and family only highlight how different she is from her classmates. Does her teacher reallly want an essay about living in a shelter? When Miss Garcia suggests that all her assignments have something to do...
Author
Series
I survived volume 4
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"A gripping graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001, in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the firehouse where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas's parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. The...
13) Gone, gone, gone
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Struggling with the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and sniper shootings throughout the Washington, D.C. area, Craig and Lio consider a romantic relationship that is complicated by Craig's ex-boyfriend, Lio's broken family, and the death of Lio's brother.
14) United we stand
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Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
It's September 12th, 2001, and New York City is at a standstill: somber, bleak and shocked in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. Will knows he and his father are lucky to have escaped; others, like his best friend James' father are still missing ... and soon presumed to be dead.
16) Survivor tree
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The Callery pear tree standing at the base of the World Trade Center is almost destroyed on September 11, but it is pulled from the rubble, coaxed back to life, and replanted as part of the 9/11 memorial.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Description
While wrestling with memories of his father, who died when the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001, eleven-year-old Gus, born into a family of musicians, starts taking oboe lessons, begins to compose music, and joins his sister in auditioning for a school musical.
18) Pentagon escape
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic Paperbacks
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
A taut and harrowing depiction of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the Pentagon, alternating between a boy caught in the chaos and the rescue dog who's attempting to save him. Twelve-year-old Mikey is doing a school project on the Pentagon, where his father works as a civilian contractor. Mikey has been given special permission to visit his dad's office and do some research on the facility, all for a school report. At first he finds the tour strangely...
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