Book 2021
Ground Zero
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- Publisher
- Scholastic, Incorporated
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021
- Children's fiction
- Terrorism, fiction
- Afghanistan, fiction
- Survival, fiction
- Adolescence, fiction
- Girls, fiction
- Boys, fiction
September 11, 2001, New York City: Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion. And Brandon is in the middle of it all. Can he survive -- and escape?
September 11, 2019, Afghanistan: Reshmina has grown up in the shadow of war, but she dreams of peace and progress. When a battle erupts in her village, Reshmina stumbles upon a wounded American soldier named Taz. Should she help Taz -- and put herself and her family in mortal danger?
Two kids. One devastating day. Nothing will ever be the same.