Towers Falling

Key Features Description 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. She sets off on a journey of discovery with new friends Ben and Sabeen by her side. 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 Twin Towers?Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness... Show More 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. She sets off on a journey of discovery with new friends Ben and Sabeen by her side. 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 Twin 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 everyday experience. Standards RL.5.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. RL.5.2. Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text. Product Details Item #: NTS812055 ISBN13: 9781338120554 Format: Paperback Book Pages: 240 Genre: Realistic Fiction Grades: 4 - 6 Lexile® Measure: 410L Guided Reading Level: GR Level W DRA Level: 60 ACR Level: 3.3 Key Features Item #: NTS812055 ISBN13: 9781338120554 Format: Paperback Book Pages: 240 Genre: Realistic Fiction Grades: 4 - 6 Lexile® Measure: 410L Guided Reading Level: GR Level W DRA Level: 60 ACR Level: 3.3