![]() When he talks with her teachers and principal, however, he decides against it but he still will not talk with Deja about why the Towers upset him so much. He even walks her to school one day with the intent of transferring her to another school. ![]() ![]() It is the fifteenth anniversary of the attack and the school believes including it in curriculum will help students who were not even born at the time have a better understanding of the magnitude of the attacks as they kicked off the nation's war on terror.īut Deja's Pop does not want her learning anything about the Towers. They teach concepts like critical thinking and introduce a controversial topic - the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center Towers. By the end of the first day, though, Deja thinks she is going to like the school.īrooklyn Collective Elementary is more progressive than any school she has ever attended. ![]() At first she is defensive, afraid they will not like her when they learn she is homeless. On her first day of school, she meets a boy named Ben and a girl named Sabeen who seem to want to be her friend. ![]() Now, Deja is starting fifth grade at a new school. NOTE: This guide specifically refers to the hardback copy of Towers Falling, written by Jewel Parker Rhoades and published by Little, Brown, and Company, New York, USA, 2016.ĭuring the summer, Deja and her family moved into a homeless shelter. ![]()
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