5 must-read juvenile books like Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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Towers Falling

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 a…

"Home. It's where we come from. Who we are."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

"Home. It's where we come from. Who we are."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

"Home is our starting point for connecting to the past."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

"Home is our starting point for connecting to the past."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

If you liked the juvenile plot in Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Crossover

By: Kwame Alexander

4.24

Format: 245 pages, ebook

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more

Similar categories in Kwame Alexander's The Crossover book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

"Silence doesn’t mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."

-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover

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2. Eleven

By: Tom Rogers

4.34

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Alex Douglas always wanted to be a hero. But nothing heroic ever happened to Alex. Nothing, that is… read more

Similar categories in Tom Rogers's Eleven book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
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3. Class Dismissed

By: Allan Woodrow

4.10

Format: 668 pages,

Jody Corbett at Scholastic has acquired Class Dismissed, a middle-grade novel by Allan Woodrow. Whe… read more

Similar categories in Allan Woodrow's Class Dismissed book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin

4. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story

By: Nora Raleigh Baskin

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Anything But Typical comes a touching look at the days lead… read more

Similar categories in Nora Raleigh Baskin's Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Fourteenth Goldfish

By: Jennifer L. Holm , Tad Carpenter

3.83

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Galileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far? Eleve… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • family
  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult

6. Greetings from Witness Protection!

By: Jake Burt

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

A funny and poignant debut middle-grade novel about a foster-care girl who is placed with a family … read more

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7. The Skeleton Tree

By: Iain Lawrence

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Less than 48 hours after twelve-year-old Chris casts off on a trip to sail down the Alaskan coast w… read more

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8. Restart

By: Gordon Korman

2.50

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't re… read more

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9. The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary

By: Laura Shovan

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Laura Shovan's engaging, big-hearted debut is a time capsule of one class's poems during a transfor… read more

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10. All We Have Left

By: Wendy Mills

4.14

Format: None pages,

A haunting and heart-wrenching story of two girls, two time periods, and the one event that changed… read more

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11. Towers Falling

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 a… read more

Similar categories in Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • school
  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • novels
  • juvenile
"Home. It's where we come from. Who we are."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

"Home is our starting point for connecting to the past."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

"When asked a question, class, it's important to consider how it's framed. Sometimes a question is a door to another question, another way of seeing. Understanding."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Towers Falling

12. Save Me a Seat

By: Sarah Weeks , Gita Varadarajan

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Weeks's Save Me a Seat book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

13. Slider

By: Pete Hautman

3.88

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middle-grade reade… read more

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14. Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

By: Kelly Yang

4.38

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

Mia Tang has a lot of secrets. Number 1: She lives in a motel, not a big house. Every day, while… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Yang's Front Desk (Front Desk, #1) book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"It's going to be okay. I'll make friends, and if I don't, I'll borrow books from the library."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"It was hard not to stare at Jjason's mom, specifically the humongous diamond on her hand. I thought I might go blind."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

"At this point, my mom started crying. She let out a sob so thunderous, I wondered if my cousins in China could hear her."

-Kelly Yang, Front Desk (Front Desk, #1)

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15. A Rover's Story

By: Jasmine Warga

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade novel about the journey of a fictional Mars rover. Meet Resilience, a Mars rover… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Warga's A Rover's Story book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • school
  • juvenile
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16. Allies

By: Alan Gratz

4.27

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Alan Gratz weaves an array of voices and stories into an epic tale of teamwork in the face of tyran… read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Allies book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. A Night Divided

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.34

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer A. Nielsen's A Night Divided book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided

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18. Ground Zero

By: Alan Gratz

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at … read more

Similar categories in Alan Gratz's Ground Zero book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"And without a dream, without ambition, what point was there to living?"

-Alan Gratz, Ground Zero

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19. And Then, Boom!

By: Lisa Fipps

4.69

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new novel-in-verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish , featuring a pove… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Fipps's And Then, Boom! book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • family
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"Friendship is being there to notice someone's about to fall, to try to keep them from falling, to catch them when they fall or to cushion the blow when they do, to feel what they're feeling, and to u…"

-Lisa Fipps, And Then, Boom!

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20. Blended

By: Sharon M. Draper

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

"You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?” Eleven-year-old Isabella i… read more

Similar categories in Sharon M. Draper's Blended book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • family
  • juvenile
"The doors of Target opened with a welcoming swoosh, and I was instantly distracted. Yeah. Target does that to me. I feel at home. They've got stuff I need. Stuff I don't need. Stuff I didn't even kno…"

-Sharon M. Draper, Blended

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21. The Places We Sleep

By: Caroline Brooks DuBois

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

It's early September 2001, and twelve-year-old Abbey is the new kid at school. Again. I worry ab… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Brooks DuBois's The Places We Sleep book and Jewell Parker Rhodes's Towers Falling

  • historical
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • family

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Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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