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    All We Have Left
    All We Have Left
    All We Have Left
    Audiobook9 hours

    All We Have Left

    Written by Wendy Mills

    Narrated by Shiromi Arserio and Amy Melissa Bentley

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    Sixteen-year-old Jesse is used to living with the echoes of the past. Her older brother died in the September 11th attacks, and her dad since has filled their home with anger and grief. When Jesse gets caught up with the wrong crowd, one momentary hate-fueled decision turns her life upside down. The only way to make amends is to face the past, starting Jesse on a journey that will reveal the truth about how her brother died.

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    In 2001, sixteen-year-old Alia is proud to be Muslim . . . it's being a teenager that she finds difficult. After being grounded for a stupid mistake, Alia decides to confront her father at his Manhattan office, putting her in danger she never could have imagined. When the planes collide into the Twin Towers, Alia is trapped inside one of the buildings. In the final hours, she meets a boy who will change everything for her as the flames rage around them . . .

    Interweaving stories from past and present, All We Have Left brings one of the most important days in our recent history to life, showing that love and hope will always triumph.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 25, 2018
    ISBN9781977331281
    Author

    Wendy Mills

    Wendy Mills is the author of Positively Beautiful. She was born on the edge of the water and has never left it. She now lives with her family on a tropical island off the southwest coast of Florida, where she spends her time writing and dodging hurricanes. www.wendymillsbooks.com @WendyMillsBooks

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    • 4/5
      "All We Have Left "was definitely the best 9/11 novel I have read. Told from two girls' perspectives, one being in the towers when the plane struck, and the other fifteen years later, this book gave an insight into the horrific events of that day and how they changed and shaped people's lives forever. For some, this meant increased hatred and revenge but for others it made them realise their common humanity.Although the first 100 pages are a little slow, hang in there because the plot improves dramatically afterwards and all I wanted to do was keep reading. I became totally invested in Jesse, Alia and Travis, and the end brought tears to my eyes. A poignant, heart-breaking and uplifting read.
    • 5/5
      I received an ARC from Net Galley. This was phenomenal. The author took the topic of 9/11 and made it real - capturing the horror (and hope) of that day told through the eyes of two girls - one who was in the World Towers and one who is trying to come to terms with her brother's death on 9/11. Highly recommend.
    • 4/5
      The story bounces between Alia and Jesse. Alia is a teen in the World Trade Center on 9/11 and Jesse is an angry teen anger now. Jesse's brother was in one of the towers on 9/11 and didn't survive. Her family won't talk about it, and it has left her angry and confused. She makes some bad choices that get her arrested and in community service. After a slow start, the pieces start to connect making the read compelling. The structure of the narrative is a hook in for students for whom 9/11 is history and helps illustrated the lasting impact of the event on NYC and American life.
    • 4/5
      Told in alternating chapters set 15 years apart, Alia has gone to the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001 to beg her father to reconsider denying her attendance to a prestigious art program; while, in 2016, Jesse grapples with her father's racism and her family's refusal to acknowledge her brother Travis' mysterious death on 9/11.
    • 5/5
      This is a beautifully written book about the events surrounding 9/11 told from the perspective of two teens. Jesse’s brother Travis died in the towers that day, causing much grief and strife in her family. It was only years later that this family started to heal, primarily due to Jesse’s efforts to discover why and what happened to her older brother that day in the towers. The other teen involved is Alia, a Muslim girl who had gone to see her father who worked in the towers to discuss a school program she wanted to enroll in. The book alternates between the past Alia and what was going on in the towers that day to the present with Jesse on her search for the truth. It is only when the two meet up in the present do we find out what happened to Travis. The insights and facts incorporated in this fictional account of one of the most important days in our country’s history are handled both professionally and with great empathy. I recommend this for all history students.