In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers by Don Brown - ESSENTIAL

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 Attacks by Don Brown 121 pages. GRAPHIC NOVEL, NON-FICTION Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021 $20. 

Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG13 - Upsetting themes, peril, talk of war and death, also torture. 

BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

On the morning of September 11, 2001, hijacked planes flew into the World Trade Center buildings in New York, the Pentagon in Washington DC, and crashed in Pennsylvania killing thousands of people. Evidence pointed to al-Qaeda, starting the longest war in American History. 

Don Brown does such a good job making complicated historical content accessible to teens. Briefly covering so many parts of story the graphic novel format is perfect. Includes some very interesting statistics along with an author's note and extensive bibliography and source notes.

Lisa Librarian