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With Their Eyes is a compelling collection of firsthand accounts written by the students of Stuyvesant High School who were just blocks away from the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th 2001. This thought-provoking work offers unique insight into the transformative events of that day and the ways in which it shaped so many lives.

Commemorating twenty years, this deeply moving play, written by high school students who witnessed the tragedy unfold, remembers September 11, 2001. This edition features new cover art, an updated introduction from Annie Thoms, and a new foreword from New York Times bestselling author David Levithan.

A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
“Profound.” —Booklist
“Moving.” —Publishers Weekly
“Rings with authenticity and resonates with power.” —School Library Journal

Tuesday, September 11, started off like any other day at Stuyvesant High School, located only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center.

The 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.

This 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 In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11.

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ISBN-13:	9780063143364
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/10/2021
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	416,619
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 5.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Annie 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.

David 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 Boy Meets Boy, for which he won a Lambda Literary Award.

Introduction Annie Thoms 1

In memoriam 17

Foreword David Levithan 18

Chronology of events 26

Act 1

Overture 35

Piece of my home-Ilya Feldsherov Catherine Choy 45

Bag man-Max Willens Tim Drinan 55

Golden state-Renée Levine Carlos Williams 61

Big kids-Aleiya Gafar Shanleigh Jalea 69

Special-Matt Polazzo Shanleigh Jalea 79

Turning point-Anonymous Female Dining Hall Worker Chantelle Smith 87

This time-Renée Levine Carlos Williams 93

Precious cargo-Katherine Fletcher Anna Belc 101

Facing north-Hudson Williams-Eynon Liz O'Callahan 109

Slide show-Juan Carlos Lopez Marcel Briones 113

Everybody was a freshman-Katie Berringer Taresh Batra 123

Heartless-Kevin Zhang Christopher M. Yee 129

You need hope-Hector Perez and Haydee Sanabria Marcel Briones 133

A very intriguing train-Eddie Kalletta Christopher M. Yee 141

Act 2

Things below, things above-Mira Rapp-Hooper Anna Belc 147

Safety net-Max Willens Tim Drinan 153

Tender lovin'-Owen Cornwall Catherine Choy 169

Wake-up call-Eddie Kalletta Christopher M. Yee 173

Powerless-Jukay Hsu Shanleigh Jalea 179

I live my life here-Anonymous Male Custodian Chantelle Smith 187

What matters-Tony Qian Tim Drinan 201

We run dis school-Alejandro Torres Hernandez Carlos Williams 209

Amazingly resilient-Jennifer Suri Catherine Choy 213

Fearing for your safety-Mohammad Haque Taresh Batra 223

Missing wings-Kerneth Levigion Liz O'Callahan 231

Original production notes 238

Notes on staging 240

Reflection Anna Deavere Smith 243

Acknowledgments 254

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Editorial Reviews

The speakers reveal their emotions with a painful honesty that’s profound, and the startling immediacy of the words gives these pieces even more impact. An obvious choice for reader’s theater and for use across the curriculum; its deeply affecting contents will also make compelling personal-interest reading.” — Booklist
“This unique book rings with authenticity and resonates with power.” — School Library Journal
“The emotional rhythms of the volume take on a credible ebb and flow. A number of moving moments.” — Publishers Weekly

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The speakers reveal their emotions with a painful honesty that’s profound, and the startling immediacy of the words gives these pieces even more impact. An obvious choice for reader’s theater and for use across the curriculum; its deeply affecting contents will also make compelling personal-interest reading.

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