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The usual rulesJoyce Maynard

The usual rules

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"It's a Tuesday morning in Brooklyn - a perfect September day. Wendy's heading to school, eager to make plans with her best friend, worried about how she looks, mad at her mother for not letting her visit her father in California, impatient with her little brother and with the almost too-loving concern of her jazz musician stepfather. She's out the door to catch the bus. An hour later comes the news: A plane has crashed into the World Trade Center. Her mother's building.". "Through the eyes of thirteen-year-old Wendy, we gain entrance to the world rarely shown by those who documented the…

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3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    St. Martin's Griffin · 400 pages · 9780312283698
  • Other · English · 2003
    Thorndike Press · 647 pages · 9780786255481
  • Other · English · 2003
    St. Martin's Press · 390 pages · 9780312242619
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001Teenage girlsMothersFictionFathers and daughtersLoss (Psychology)DeathReading Level-Grade 9