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How They Built the Empire State Building
By Hopkinson, Deborah
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37583-610-7 978-0-37593-610-4
- Publisher
- Schwartz & Wade Random
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2006
K-Gr 4 Hopkinson and Ransome chronicle the construction of this famous building through the eyes of a young boy. The present-tense text gives the book a true -You are there - feel as the author describes both the actual building process and its significance as a symbol of hope during the Depression era. The pacing is never rushed, but at the same time it moves al...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2006
Addressing readers in the second person ("Before your eyes a steel forest appears"), Hopkinson offers a very personal view of the construction of the Empire State Building. "You" in this case is a fictional boy about ten years old living through the Depression, gathering firewood and watching from the sidewalk as rubble is cleared and ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
