# America is Under Attack September 11 2001

**Author:** Don Brown
**Grade range:** Grades 3–5
**First published:** 2011
**Page count:** 68
**ISBN-13:** `9781466807952`
**ISBN-10:** `1466807954`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/america-is-under-attack-september-11-2001
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

One of School Library Journal's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011One of Horn Book's Best Nonfiction Books of 2011 On the ten year anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, a straightforward and sensitive book for a generation of readers too young to remember that terrible day. The events of September 11, 2001 changed the world forever. In the fourth installment of the Actual Times series, Don Brown narrates the events of the day in a way that is both accessible and understandable for young readers. Straightforward and honest, this account moves chronologically through the morning, from the terrorist plane hijackings to the crashes at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania; from the rescue operations at the WTC site in New York City to the collapse of the buildings. Vivid waterco

## Where this book is assigned

### William Allen White Children's Book Award

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