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Let's roll!
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Lisa Beamer,Ken Abraham |
Lisa Beamer was thrust into the national spotlight after her husband, Todd, led a counterattack against terrorists on United Flight 93. He -- and all the other passenger heroes -- lost their lives i… |
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The submission
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Amy Waldman |
When Mohammad Khan, an American Muslim, is selected as the designer of a memorial for the victims of a terrorist attack on Manhattan, Claire Burwell, a woman widowed by the attack, becomes his fierce… |
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September 12
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Gregory Smithsimon |
Until September 11, Battery Park City had been a secluded, wealthy enclave just west of Wall Street in downtown Manhattan, one with all the opulence of the surrounding corporate headquarters yet with… |
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Patriot acts
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Alia Malek,Karen Korematsu |
In eighteen oral histories, Patriot Acts tells the stories of men and women who have been needlessly swept up in the War on Terror, and who have found themselves subject to rendition and torture, to … |
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I Survived The Attacks of September 11, 2001
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Scott Dawson,Rachel Fulginiti,Lauren Tarshis,Corey Egbert |
The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his dad's friend Benny, a firefighter and former football star. He taught Lucas the game and helps him practice. So when Lucas's parents decide footba… |
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America triumphs
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Mary Boone |
Justice has been done. These four words uttered by President Barack Obama announced the triumphant news to the American public. Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the worst terrorist attack on U.… |
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A nation challenged
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Mitchel Levitas |
"A Nation Challenged records the full range of events from the moment of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to the anthrax scare, the war in Afghanistan, the quick fall … |
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September 11
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Andrew Langley |
Provides detailed information on the events leading up to and taking place on September 11, 2001, the day that thousands of innocent Americans were killed in acts of terror. Includes source notes and… |
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All we have left
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Wendy Mills |
Interweaving stories from past and present, All We Have Left follows two girls, Alia and Jesse, who discover that hatred and love have the power to reverberate into the future. |
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Power at ground zero
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Lynne B. Sagalyn |
"The destruction of the World Trade Center complex on 9/11 set in motion a chain of events that fundamentally transformed both the United States and the wider world. War has raged in the Middle East … |
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Extreme prejudice
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Susan Lindauer |
Lindauer's experience with the Patriot ACT. |
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The same city
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Luis G. Martín |
"In truth, he had left New York looking for just that-the razor's edge along which to walk, the unfathomable danger that would turn his life into an adventure. Brandon Moy, a mild-mannered New York e… |
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A Delicate Balance
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Trudy Govier |
"Did the world change on September 11, 2001? For those who live outside of New York or Washington, life's familiar pace persists and families and jobs resume their routines. Yet everything seems diff… |
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Stepping through the ashes
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Eugene Richards |
"A photographic elegy to those lost, and a portrait of how people are coping in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attack on New York. Many photographers have recorded the devastation, but Eugene… |
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Coping with terrorism
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Amy Sterling Casil |
Provides historical background about terrorism in the United States and elsewhere and discusses how to spot it, how to deal with it if it strikes, and how people can heal in the aftermath. |
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The 9/11 Commission report
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National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. |
Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Including the Executive Summary and the complete Notes Section. Nearly three thousand people died in the terrorist … |
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Among the Heroes
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Jere Longman |
"On the evening of September 14, as the sun set over the flag-draped county courthouse in Somerset, Pennsylvania, fifteen hundred mourners gathered together as Governor Tom Ridge presided over a memo… |
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The Commission
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Philip Shenon |
In a work of history that will make headlines, New York Times reporter Philip Shenon investigates the investigation of 9/11 and tells the inside story of most important federal commission since the t… |
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