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Summary: The story of Ground Zero for young readers
Review: This volume in the War on Terrorism series focuses primarily on what happened at "Ground Zero" after the World Trade Center towers collapsed on September 11, 2001. Nancy Louis explains that "ground zero" is "often defined as the center of a rapid, intense, or violent activity or change," although I am sure most of us think of it in terms of the point at which an atomic bomb detonates and sends out waves of destruction. Certainly both definitions apply. This is one of the more informative books in this series, mainly because reporters and television cameras were kept out of the area. Consequently, in the week after the attack we had much more information about the victims in the towers, from interviews with friends and families desperately waiting for word, than we did about what the rescue workers were doing at Ground Zero. Louis covers the attack and the collapse of the towers, as well as what happened afterwards in terms of search & recovery efforts and removing the rubble, as well as the visits by President Bush and other leaders who came to visit the site. "Ground Zero" includes as much new information as it did details with which I was already familiar. The back of this book includes a page of facts about the World Trade Center. "Ground Zero" is illustrated with mostly full-page color photographs. While a couple show the World Trade Center buildings being hit or collapsing, most of these are photographs of rescue efforts amidst the massive amount of rubble. There is also a map of the area that indicates the status of dozens of buildings in and around Ground Zero. Other books in the War on Terrorism series includes "September 11th: The Day That Changed America," "Heroes of the Day," among others. Finally, I must note that all of the books in this series use the same font style, where the upper-case letters are only slightly larger than the upper-case, that I found a bit bothersome after a while.
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Summary: The story of Ground Zero for young readers
Review: This volume in the War on Terrorism series focuses primarily on what happened at "Ground Zero" after the World Trade Center towers collapsed on September 11, 2001. Nancy Louis explains that "ground zero" is "often defined as the center of a rapid, intense, or violent activity or change," although I am sure most of us think of it in terms of the point at which an atomic bomb detonates and sends out waves of destruction. Certainly both definitions apply. This is one of the more informative books in this series, mainly because reporters and television cameras were kept out of the area. Consequently, in the week after the attack we had much more information about the victims in the towers, from interviews with friends and families desperately waiting for word, than we did about what the rescue workers were doing at Ground Zero. Louis covers the attack and the collapse of the towers, as well as what happened afterwards in terms of search & recovery efforts and removing the rubble, as well as the visits by President Bush and other leaders who came to visit the site. "Ground Zero" includes as much new information as it did details with which I was already familiar. The back of this book includes a page of facts about the World Trade Center. "Ground Zero" is illustrated with mostly full-page color photographs. While a couple show the World Trade Center buildings being hit or collapsing, most of these are photographs of rescue efforts amidst the massive amount of rubble. There is also a map of the area that indicates the status of dozens of buildings in and around Ground Zero. Other books in the War on Terrorism series includes "September 11th: The Day That Changed America," "Heroes of the Day," among others. Finally, I must note that all of the books in this series use the same font style, where the upper-case letters are only slightly larger than the upper-case, that I found a bit bothersome after a while.
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