Brown, Don America Is Under Attack

Brown, Don  America Is Under Attack 

 Roaring Brook Press see macmillan children's pub  2011  unp   16.99 978-1-59643-694-7     elm/ms      VG-BNes            

    This book provides a moment-by-moment accounting of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.   This book provides a good introduction to the events of September 11, 2001, for the fourth-through-seventh-grade student.  The illustrations are wonderful, capturing the shock and commotion of that day’s events in appropriate line drawings with water-color.  The personal stories of several individuals caught in the towers that day are provided, along with other details that will bring the events to life for children who were very young or not yet born when the events occurred.
Addenda include a bibliography, an author’s note, and source notes that are helpful.      Actual Times      Other books in the series include one on the American Revolution, one on the sinking of the Titanic, and one on the Gold Rush.   September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2011    Carol Kennedy