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Zusatztext "Baskin creates sharply defined! emotionally compelling characters in a few elegant words . . . Daringly! Baskin saves the events of 9/11 for the last act! effectively ending her book with its inciting event. . . . Though some might wonder if a calm and bloodless novel about 9/11 misses the point! its poise allows Nine! Ten to honor the emotional distance many kids today feel from the tragedy." Informationen zum Autor Nora Raleigh Baskin is the ALA Schneider Family Book Award–winning author of Anything But Typical . She was chosen as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start for her novel What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows , and has since written a number of novels for middle graders and teens, including The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah , The Summer Before Boys , and Ruby on the Outside . Nora lives with her family in Connecticut. Visit her at NoraBaskin.com. Klappentext From the critically acclaimed author of Anything But Typical comes a "tense...and thought-provoking” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) look at the days leading up to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and how that day impacted the lives of four middle schoolers. Ask anyone: September 11, 2001, was serene and lovely, a perfect day—until a plane struck the World Trade Center. But right now it is a few days earlier, and four kids in different parts of the country are going about their lives. Sergio, who lives in Brooklyn, is struggling to come to terms with the absentee father he hates and the grandmother he loves. Will's father is gone, too, killed in a car accident that has left the family reeling. Naheed has never before felt uncomfortable about being Muslim, but at her new school she's getting funny looks because of the head scarf she wears. Aimee is starting a new school in a new city and missing her mom, who has to fly to New York on business. These four don't know one another, but their lives are about to intersect in ways they never could have imagined. Award-winning author Nora Raleigh Baskin weaves together their stories into an unforgettable novel about that seemingly perfect September day—the day our world changed forever.Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story September 9, 2001 7:46 a.m. CDT O’Hare International Airport It was September 9, 2001, raining in that Chicago slow-drizzle sort of way. Outside the windows of O’Hare International Airport, the sky was painted a particular shade of gray and leaving droplets of water on the large glass windows that looked out onto the airstrip. Sergio and another boy from New York were at the gate, early for their flight home. Their university escort was sitting, eyes closed, listening to her Discman, waiting for the boys to board so she could go home. What was the other boy’s name? Sergio couldn’t remember. L-something? Or M-something? For two days Sergio had recognized him as, simply, the white boy with the red hair. “Let’s go see what’s in the candy shop.” The redheaded boy pointed to the newsstand, which was filled with everything anyone could possibly think of needing before getting onto a plane: newspapers, magazines, headrests, paperback novels, earphones, small suitcases, cold drinks, and lots of candy. Sergio glanced over at the escort, who didn’t look up. She didn’t even open her eyes. “Okay,” Sergio said. He took one more glance around to make sure they could find their way back to their gate. Everything in the airport appeared the same, every corner, every window, every set of plastic seats, every gate. It would be easy to get lost. Sergio made sure he would not. Then he checked the information on the board again. Flight 563, JFK. On time, gate 10. His grandmother would be get...
