Smoke at the Pentagon : poems to remember / Jacqueline Jules; illustrated by Eszter Anna Rácz.
Material type: TextPublisher: Fresno, California : Moon Shower, an imprint of Bushel & Peck books, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781638191520
- 1638191522
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Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | New | 973.931 J94 | Checked out | 05/22/2024 | 33111011341498 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Told in the voices of young people, a novel in verseabout the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
"A powerful,humanistic look at the aftermath of a national tragedy, and an importantpurchase for modern collections."-- School Library Journal
On September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. One hundred and eighty-fourinnocent people were killed. The event occurred at 9:37 a.m. and was part of acoordinated terrorist attack against the United States involving four hijackedflights.
Author Jacqueline Jules, who was a school librarian inArlington, Virginia on 9/11, tells the story of that day through a tapestry ofpoems. These poems tell the stories of young people from all aspects of the Arlingtonand Pentagon communities and are composites drawn from personal experienceswith students and friends residing in Northern Virginia at the time of theattack.
September 11th changed childhoods. Anyone old enough toremember that day will never forget, but today's children need to be told the story.
Excerpt:
My teacher, Mr. Peters, stops mid-sentence, steps sideways
to lean over the monitor on his desk. His mouth drops open.
He looks like a fish gulping air.
The room stays silent
until he finally speaks
to say something about planes
hitting New York and us.
"The Pentagon is on fire," he says.
"Told in the voices of young people, a novel in verse about the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001." -- Amazon.
"Author Jacqueline Jules, who was a school librarian in Arlington, Virginia on 9/11, tells the story of that day through a tapestry of poems. These poems tell the stories of young people from all aspects of the Arlington and Pentagon communities and are composites drawn from personal experiences with students and friends residing in Northern Virginia at the time of the attack." --Provided by Publisher.
Ages 8-12.