Ground Zero : a novel of 9/11 by Gratz, Alan 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2021)

BTSB #: P08625 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   


Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001) - Fiction September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Fiction Afghan War, 2001- - Fiction Survival skills - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - Fiction Afghanistan - Fiction

Summary: Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.

Hazard by Dowell, Frances O'Roark 

Paperback(Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 288966 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 4.9 MG Lexile: 740 F&P: Z

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: Families of soldiers - Fiction Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Anger - Fiction Psychotherapy - Fiction Amputees - Fiction People with disabilities - Fiction Afghan War, 2001- - Fiction

Summary: Told in a series of reports to his therapist, Hazard is resentful about being forced into counseling after being suspended from his school football team for unsportsmanlike conduct, angry that his father has served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, angry that his father has lost a leg when an IED blew up--but as his therapy progresses he begins to process what has happened to him and his family, including his father's psychological trauma that has made him refuse to see his sons.