Because of their move into the shelter over the summer, Dèja is starting at a new school called Brooklyn Collective Elementary.Īt Brooklyn Collective, Dèja is placed in Miss Garcia’s homeroom, where she meets another new student, Ben, and a “teacher’s pet” named Sabeen who quickly become friends with her despite Dèja’s initial skepticism. Pop suffers from some sort of illness that makes it difficult for him to do anything, much less get a job. The novel’s narrator and protagonist, Dèja, lives with her two siblings and both of her parents in one room of the shelter. Towers Falling opens at Avalon Family Residence, a shelter for those experiencing homelessness. This study guide refers to the 2020 edition published by Little, Brown and Company. She begins to discover a connection between the attacks and her father’s mysterious symptoms that keep him from helping his family through their homelessness. Dèja Barnes is a fifth grader at a new school as it introduces a new curriculum addressing these events. It was very frustrating to me that she lived in Brooklyn her entire life, but was clueless about what happened.Set 15 years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the novel grapples with their lasting effects on one girl’s family and community. What I didn’t like about this book was how ignorant Deja was about the entire situation. We need to make sure they understand WHY we say “Never Forget.” I really appreciate how Rhodes taught about 9/11 through a good piece of literature so our students can learn about what happened somewhere besides a history book. What I liked about this book was that it taught several important lessons, including the power of friendship, judging individuals instead of groups of people, and the impact history can play on the present. Their teachers spend September teaching them about why history is important, building up to the terrorist attack, and Deja learns a lot about her family, her friends, and her existence. Deja starts at a new school and meets 2 new friends – one boy is a transplant from Arizona whose parents recently divorced, and the other is a Muslim girl who is the kindest person Deja knows. Her dad is ill and shellshocked, but she doesn’t understand why he can’t work, and she has to pick up his slack. I ordered this one and let my students read it first, and each one LOVED it and said I had to try it.ĭeja is a homeless girl living in a shelter with her parents and two younger siblings. I feel like we are doing a disservice to our students if we aren’t teaching them what happened to the Twin Towers. I got on a 9/11 kick and wanted to read all of the books written for children so I would have them for my class library in September.
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