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THE ONLY PLANE

IN THE SKY

An Oral History of 9/11
by Garrett M. Graff

"The Only Plane in the Sky" weaves together hundreds of firsthand voices, It strips away twenty-five years of political mythmaking to confront you with the raw, claustrophobic terror of a nation disintegrating in real time through the voices of many who barely survived it - and some who didn't..
CLASSIC NOVELS

CANDIDE

by Voltaire

Hilariously savage and scandalously irreverent, this explosive masterpiece skewers religious hypocrisy and philosophical smugness, leaving readers with an uncomfortable, timeless truth: the universe owes you nothing, so you had better stop philosophizing and tend your own garden.
NOVELS

GROUND ZERO

by Alan Gratz

Meet Brandon, fighting to survive inside the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, and Reshmina, an Afghan girl living in the shadow of the violence that followed eighteen years later on September 11, 2019.

SHORT NOVELS / NOVELLAS

KENSUKE'S KINGDOM

by Michael Morpurgo

"I disappeared on the night before my twelfth birthday. Only now can I at last tell the whole extraordinary story, the true story."
An exciting, heartfelt survival adventure about Michael, a boy who is swept overboard from his family’s sailboat and washes up alone on a remote island.

SHORT STORIES

WHEN IT HAPPENS
Short Stories for English Language Learners
by Margaret Atwood

“Everyone knows something is going to happen, you can tell by reading the news and watching the television, but nobody is sure what it will be, nobody can be exact." “One morning she goes to the back door and looks out and there are the columns of smoke . . .”
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Go Where You
Wanna Go
The Mommas and Poppas
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★ SONGS ARCHIVE
Listen, Read, & Sing Along
★ SHERLOCK HOLMES
Novels and Short Stories

Today some 40 percent of Americans are too young to remember the events of 9/11. BUT--- the question is no longer whether America remembers the day the towers fell, but whether it understands everything that fell with them.
ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN NOVELS:
various genres that explore themes of authoritarianism, resistance, and individual freedom.

1984
by George Orwell

Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley

The Lost Cause
by Cory Doctorow

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury

 "Then the King will say - 'Come, you who are blessed, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'" 

"Then he will say - 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'   
 
[ -Matthew 25: verses 34 and 41 ]

PREQUEL
American Fight Against Fascism
by Rachel Maddow

Animal Farm
by George Orwell

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins

The Wave
by Todd Strasser

The Plot Against America
by Philip Roth

The Iron Heel
by Jack London

Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow

It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis

Alone in Berlin
by Hans Fallada

White Rose
by Kip Wilson
Practice Using Articles
'a' - 'an' - 'the'
English Idioms, Sayings & Slang
Reading Actvities and Test Preparation (PET)
Sherlock Holmes Collection: Novels and Short Stories
Radio Audio Dramas
Listen & Read Archive
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