Description
On September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. One hundred and eighty-four innocent people were killed. The event occurred at 9:37 a.m. and was part of a coordinated terrorist attack against the United States involving four hijacked flights.
Author Jacqueline Jules was a school librarian in Arlington on 9/11. She tells the story of that day through a tapestry of poems. These poems tell the stories of young people from all aspects of the Arlington and Pentagon communities and are composites drawn from personal experiences with students and friends residing in Northern Virginia at the time of the attack.
September 11th changed childhoods. Anyone old enough to remember that day will never forget, but today’s children need to be told the story. The book is gently illustrated by Eszter Anna Racz.
Here’s an excerpt:
My teacher, Mr. Peters, stops mid-sentence, steps sideways
to lean over the monitor on his desk. His mouth drops open.
He looks like a fish gulping air.
The room stays silent
until he finally speaks
to say something about planes
hitting New York and us.
“The Pentagon is on fire,” he says.
- Hardcover in large format: 32 pages, for grades 3-7 (reading ages 8-12 years)
- Publisher: Bushel & Peck Books, 2023
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