The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Nolan, Janet

Seven and a Half Tons of Steel

40 pp. | Peachtree | August, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-56145-912-4 $17.95

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez. Commemorating the tragedy of September 11, 2001, and honoring lives lost in the World Trade Center, this book relates the inspiring story of a huge beam taken from the rubble; moved to a shipyard in Louisiana, it's skillfully re-crafted into the bow of the newly constructed USS New York. Somber, dramatic full-spread artwork chronicles the beam's journey to its new position of honor.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg