8.4 /10 1 Votes
Language English Pages 195 Originally published March 2006 Page count 195 OCLC 370171103 | 4.2/5 Goodreads Media type Book Awards Red Maple Award 2007 ISBN 0385661924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Children's literature, Young adult fiction Similar United We Stand, Safe As Houses, Camp X, Alexandria of Africa, Walking Home | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
We All Fall Down is a novel by Canadian author Eric Walters, published in 2006 by Random House of Canada. The story follows Will, a ninth grade student, spending a day with his father at the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001. It was awarded the Red Maple Award in 2007 and was an honor book for the 2008 Manitoba Young Reader's Choice Award.
Synopsis
Ninth-grader Will Fuller shadows his father, the vice president of an international trading company based in the World Trade Center. He is not looking forward to the visit, as his father has always been very focused on his work and Will worries that his father will not bother to make time for him.
Will's visit takes place on the morning of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and is told in rapid first-person narration as Will, his father, and other staff in the tower offices attempt to escape during the building's collapse. Will's best friend James's father works as a New York firefighter, adding another element of danger to the narrative.
We All Fall Down received predominantly very positive reviews, but received some criticism for lengthy exposition designed to explain the background of the terrorist attacks to readers.