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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 17
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Ashley Baxter, convinced she is unlovable, hides her heart from her family, the man who loves her, and even God, but she moves to a position of hope and faith with the help of four Alzheimer's patients, and the life-changing events of September 11, 2001.
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I survived volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas's parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. So the next morning, Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. It's a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives...
4) Return
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Baxter family series. Redemption volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
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Devastated by the events of September 11, 2001, Luke Baxter has walked away from everything that mattered to him: his faith, his family, and Reagan, his only love. What Luke doesn't know is that he is about to become a father. Someone in his family discovers the truth, but she has a secret of her own -- one that will change the Baxter's lives forever
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Quick response research report volume 139
Pub. Date
[2001]
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This brief report focuses on "perishable" information about the World Trade Center Disaster. Perishable information is information that is temporarily available and would likely be lost if not collected quickly after the event.
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Quick response research report volume 146
Pub. Date
[2002]
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Contains an analysis of one newspaper's coverage of these incidents and their aftermath for the 12 weeks following the disaster. The first three weeks of coverage concentrated on the disaster story; the last nine weeks were dominated by the war story. The rapid shift in interest from the World Trade Center and Pentagon disasters to the military response is a bit troubling.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Michael Hingson, blind since infancy, shares the story of his escape from the seventy-eighth floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, with the help of his guide dog, Roselle, and discusses how his life, faith, parents, friends, and mentors throughout the years prepared him to meet the emergency without panic.
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Quick response research report volume 153
Pub. Date
[2002]
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The September 11 attack on the World Trade Center and the loss of New York City's EOC provided an opportunity to evaluate the use of geographic technologies in response to a catastrophic disaster event.
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Quick response research report volume 141
Pub. Date
[2001]
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The immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Word Trade Center and the Pentagon highlighted the vital role of information technology in disaster response.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 11
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When thirty-eight jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001, due to the closing of United States airspace, the citizens of this small community and surrounding towns were called upon to care for the thousands of distraught travelers.
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2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
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"Sheriff's deputy Alex Brady, who still grieves his father's death on September 11, concentrates on fighting crime in Los Angeles, until the worst fire season in California history sends him in pursuit of environmental terrorists."
12) Ground Zero
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
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Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts.
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Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him hidden in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by an active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his loss to a...
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"A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's book is based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews that he conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, England, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States."--JACKET.
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Quick response research report volume 156
Pub. Date
[2002]
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The purpose of this research project was to explore the response of and reaction toward Muslim students on college and university campuses in the New York City region.
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Quick response research report volume 140
Pub. Date
[2001]
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The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon were horrific events. The topics of terrorism and emergency management are receiving an unprecedented amount of attention not only in the U.S. but worldwide. This report deals generally with emergency management issues and actions during the first 30 days after September 11.
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Quick response research report volume 158
Pub. Date
[2002]
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This study examined psychological functioning, resiliency, and posttraumatic growth three weeks after the September 11th attacks on America.
20) Absent friends
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The secrets of a group of childhood friends unravel in this haunting thriller by Edgar Award winner S. J. Rozan. Set in New York in the unforgettable aftermath of September 11, Absent Friends brilliantly captures a time and place unlike any other, as it winds through the wounded streets of New York and Staten Island...and into a maze of old crimes, damaged lives, and heartbreaking revelations. The result is not only an electrifying mystery and a riveting...