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Nine, Ten

by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Ages: 9+

Published: 2016

Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster

ISBN: 978-1-4424-8506-8

Keywords: Terrorism, September 11th, Islamophobia, Islam

Four children, whose lives are deeply affected in very different ways by the September 11th terrorist attacks, travel to Ground Zero on the first anniversary of the tragedy.