In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks
Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist
A graphic novel chronicling the immediate aftermath and rippling effects of one of the most impactful days in modern history: September 11, 2001. From the Sibert Honor and YALSA Awardwinning creator behind The Unwanted and Drowned City.
The consequences of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, both political and personal, were vast, and continue to reverberate today. Don Brown brings his journalistic eye and attention to moving individual stories to help teens contextualize what they already know about the day, as well as broaden their understanding of the chain of events that occurred in the attacks wake.
Profound, troubling, and deeply moving, In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers bears witness to our historyand the ways it shapes our future.
Read more books by Don Brown:
- 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary
- Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust
- Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918
- The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
Will deliver when available. Publication date 12 Sep 2024