• What Were the Twin Towers? (What Was?)

What Were the Twin Towers?
(What Was?)

Author
Jim O'Connor
Illustrator
Ted Hammond
Publication Date
May 10, 2016
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
What Were the Twin Towers? (What Was?)
Description
Discover the true story of the Twin Towers--how they came to be the tallest buildings in the world and why they were destroyed. When the Twin Towers were built in 1973, they were billed as an architectural wonder. At 1,368 feet, they clocked in as the tallest buildings in the world and changed the New York City skyline dramatically. Offices and corporations moved into the towers--also known as the World Trade Center--and the buildings were seen as the economic hub of the world. But on September 11, 2001, a terrorist attack toppled the towers and changed our nation forever. Discover the whole story of the Twin Towers--from their ambitious construction to their tragic end.
Publication date
May 10, 2016
Classification
Non-fiction
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9780448487854
Lexile Measure
890
Guided Reading Level
R
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Series
What Was?
BISAC categories
JNF025210 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/20th Century
JNF005000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Architecture
JNF025250 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/21st Century
Library of Congress categories
New York (State)
New York
New York (N.Y.)
World Trade Center (New York, N.Y.)
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States
Buildings, structures, etc
Skyscrapers
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Architecture
Jim O'Connor
Jim O'Connor is a children's author. His books include Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball, Let's Hear it for the Shrumps!, The Puck Stops Here!, The Ghost in Tent 19, Call Me Gretzky, and many books in the popular Who Was? series.
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