with their eyes: September 11th: The View from a High School at Ground Zero
Publishing Details
with their eyes: September 11th: The View from a High School at Ground Zero
By (Author) Annie Thoms
Foreword by David Levithan
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
27th October 2021
United States
Classifications
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Biography and autobiography
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Drama and performing arts
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Playscripts
Childrens / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Educational: First / native language: Reading and writing skills
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be
812.6
Winner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age (United States).
Physical Properties
272
Width 127mm, Height 181mm, Spine 15mm
176g
Description
Commemorating twenty years, this deeply moving play, written by high school students who witnessed the tragedy unfold,remembers September 11, 2001. This edition features new cover art, an updated introduction from Annie Thoms, and a new foreword from New York Times bestselling author David Levithan.
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
Profound. Booklist
Moving. Publishers Weekly
Rings with authenticity and resonates with power. School Library Journal
Tuesday, September 11, started off like any other day at Stuyvesant High School, located only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center.
The semester was just beginning, and the students, faculty, and staff were ready to start a new year. But within a few hours on that Tuesday morning, they would share an experience that would transform their livesand the lives of all Americans.
This powerful play, written by students of Stuyvesant High School based on their interviews with the school community, remembers those who were lost and those who were forced to witness this tragedy. Here, in their own words, are the firsthand stories of a day we will never forget. This collection helped shape the HBO documentaryIn the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11.
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Reviews
The speakers reveal their emotions with a painful honesty thats profound, and the startling immediacy of the words gives these pieces even more impact. An obvious choice for readers theater and for use across the curriculum; its deeply affecting contents will also make compelling personal-interest reading. Booklist This unique book rings with authenticity and resonates with power. School Library Journal The emotional rhythms of the volume take on a credible ebb and flow. A number of moving moments. Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Annie Thoms graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1993. After receiving her BA from Williams College and her MA in English education from Teachers College, Columbia University, she returned to Stuyvesant as an English teacher and theater adviser in 2000. She lives in New York City with her husband and her daughters, Eleanor and Isabel.
