{"product_id":"with-their-eyes-september-11th-the-view-from-a-high-school-at-ground-zero-9780063143364","title":"With Their Eyes: September 11th: The View from a High School at Ground Zero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommemorating twenty years, this deeply moving play, written by high school students who witnessed the tragedy unfold, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eremembers September 11, 2001\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e. This edition features new cover art, an updated introduction from Annie Thoms, and a new foreword from \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author David Levithan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age\u003cbr\u003e \"Profound.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\"Moving.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\"Rings with authenticity and resonates with power.\" --\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTuesday, September 11, started off like any other day at Stuyvesant High School, located only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe semester was just beginning, and the students, faculty, and staff were ready to start a new year. But within a few hours on that Tuesday morning, they would share an experience that would transform their lives--and the lives of all Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis powerful play, written by students of Stuyvesant High School based on their interviews with the school community, remembers those who were lost and those who were forced to witness this tragedy. Here, in their own words, are the firsthand stories of a day we will never forget. This collection helped shape the HBO documentary \u003cem\u003eIn the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9\/11\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor dramatic rights, please visit http: \/\/permissions.harpercollins.com\/.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThoms, Annie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAnnie Thoms graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1993. After receiving her BA from Williams College and her MA in English education from Teachers College, Columbia University, she returned to Stuyvesant as an English teacher and theater adviser in 2000. She lives in New York City with her husband and her daughters, Eleanor and Isabel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLevithan, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDavid Levithan is the critically acclaimed author of eight books for teens, many of which have appeared on ALA's Best Books for Young Adults list, including \u003cem\u003eBoy Meets Boy, \u003c\/em\u003e for which he won a Lambda Literary Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718037836050,"sku":"9780063143364","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3df68ac4-e0f7-4b6d-be02-9689bd60760c.jpg?v=1734632488","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/with-their-eyes-september-11th-the-view-from-a-high-school-at-ground-zero-9780063143364","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}