Told in alternating voices and time: Brandon has been suspended for the day for fighting and goes to work with his dad in the North Twin Tower on September 11, 2001. His dad works on the 107th floor, the very top, in the restaurant. Brandon decides to sneak down to a shop to buy a toy and on the way down in the elevator bad things start to happen. The elevator gets stuck and then starts to fill with smoke and he and several others end up escaping out of it before it plummets to the bottom. From there he tries to get back to his dad, but is unsuccessful and encounters Richard who takes him with him and together along with others try to escape the building.
Reshmina, and 11 year old Afghanistan girl, on September 11, 2019 is going about her day as normal until there is a fight among the Taliban and American soldiers. She encounters a wounded American soldier, Taz, after the fight and decides to help him. Because of her decision and her family's agreement to help Taz, her brother goes to tell the Taliban. Reshmina tries to stop him, but is unsuccessful and puts her whole village in danger.
I liked that the books gives different points of view and brings up some good points I had not thought of with our involvement in the Afghanistan war. I think this book is EXCELLENT for point of view and getting a sense of how others might feel about things and empathy.
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