Towers Falling

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I think the emotions of the teachers at Deja's school are spot on as they start teaching this new curriculum to explore the attacks of September 11 upon its 15th anniversary. When class resumes, Dèja draws a diagram of the different social units she belongs to, including her friends, family, school, city, and state. Both Ben and Sabeen have appealing characteristics and add depth to the story, but I wanted to see more about how these characters' relationship grew and changed. At first, Dèja is unable to fathom how something that happened so long ago could have any bearing on her, especially when she has more immediate problems—her family is currently living in a shelter.

This is an excellent book also for teachers to use with pre-teens to put 9/11 in a context they will understand.We want to make sure that players feel justly rewarded for their efforts and continue to excite and delight players as they adventure through Sanctuary to reach their goals. Ben's father was in the military, so he knew all about 9/11, but his family has divorced and he needs to deal with that.

At Brooklyn Collective, Dèja is placed in Miss Garcia’s homeroom, where she meets another new student, Ben, and a “teacher’s pet” named Sabeen who quickly become friends with her despite Dèja’s initial skepticism.I guess what really fascinated me was the fact that this girl, born after 9/11, had really no idea about anything that had happened. Through those characters, the book explores the idea of how to tell elementary-aged children about those kinds of events, and even if students in elementary school should know about them in the first place.