Awards

• Commended for Yalsa Award for Excellence in Non-Fiction for Young Adults 2022

Overview

A graphic novel chronicling the immediate aftermath and rippling effects of one of the most impactful days in modern history: September 11, 2001. From the Sibert Honor– and YALSA Award–winning creator behind The Unwanted and Drowned City. The consequences of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, both political and personal, were vast, and continue to reverberate today. Don Brown brings his journalistic eye and attention to moving individual stories to help teens contextualize what they already know about the day, as well as broaden their understanding of the chain of events that occurred in the attack's wake. Profound, troubling, and deeply moving, In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers bears witness to our history - and the ways it shapes our future. AGES: 12 plus AUTHOR: Don Brown is the YALSA excellence in nonfiction and Sibert Honor award-winning author and illustrator of many nonfiction graphic novels for teens and picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him ""a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies."" He lives in New York with his family.

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A succinct and impactful look at one of America's worst tragedies, skillfully rendered by one of comics journalism's best. --School Library Journal

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Don Brown is a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction- and Sibert Honor award-winning creator of nonfiction teen graphic novels. Praised for his resonant storytelling and evocative, delicate watercolor paintings, Brown ""has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies, says School Library Journal. He lives in New York. www.booksbybrown.com Instagram: @donsart

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