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But just as she gets closer to answering big questions about who she is, what America means, and how communities can grow (and heal), she uncovers new questions, too. Like, why does Pop get so angry when she brings up anything about the towers? Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness this defining moment in history, but begin to realize how much it colors their every day.. From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks. She sets off on a journey of discovery, with new friends Ben and Sabeen by her side. When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window, Deja can't help but feel confused

No redistribution permitted. Themes include community, diversity, and socioeconomic disparities. When their teacher begins a lesson about September 11, the three friends learn how the day's events relate to them as individuals and as part of their wider community. This well-paced novel follows Deja, a fifth grader whose father suffers from a chronic cough, depression, and anxiety, all of which prevent him from maintaining a job. . It reads easily and offers educators the opportunity to not only address the events of Se

She has also written many award-winning books for adults . Jewell Parker Rhodes is an award-winning writer and acclaimed educator and speaker. Sheis the author of Ninth Ward, a Coretta Scott King honor book, Sugar, winner of the Jane Adams Peace Associ

I appreciated the effort to tell this story, but I appreciated the effort to tell this story, but found the characters unbelievable, the timeline discordant, and the ending contrived. It is a book that I would give a three rating for adult readers (the thought process of an adult is very apparent) and a one rating for the target audience. That should be a two rating, but kiddos rule. Sorry.. Tedious to read. I, too, appreciated the effort to tell this story. But the characters were not believable, foolish even. My son kept saying to me, "There is no way a kid would talk like that." Maybe this book should have been about kindergartners or first graders, but there is no way children in fifth grade living in New York would not have heard about this event. Tedious to read.. Friendship Heals Deja and Sabeen and Ben are wonderful characters who lead the reader through their education about 9/11. I love how different they are and how their friendship helps each of them in an important but distinct way. I couldn't put this book down and I can't wait to share this with my sixth graders!!!

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