Ground Zero
- ISBN-10
- 133874769X
- ISBN-13
- 9781338747690
- Series
- Ground Zero
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021
- Author
- Alan Gratz
Description
Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.
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