This story is the story of Phillipe Petit's walk between the World Trade Center Towers. He was an artist and performer who had dreamed of walking between the towers. He did so and was arrested.
This is not my favorite of the books we have read, but it is still cute. I think the author did a good job relating the story for children. I had seen the documentary Man on Wire which discusses his life as well, so this was an interesting translation.
School Library Journal said that "with its graceful majesty and mythic overtones, this unique and uplifting book is at once a portrait of a larger-than-life individual and a memorial to the towers and the lives associated with them." Although I feel that with the history behind the buildings, it may be hard to find an appropriate age group for these books.
This would be a good book for a program that discusses September 11. The kids can read about the towers and discuss the why Phillipe did what he did.
Lukehart, W., Jones, T., Toth, L., Charnizon, M., Grabarek, D., & Larkins, J. (2003, November). The Man Who Walked between the Towers (Book). School Library Journal, 49(11), 125-125. Retrieved September 22, 2009, from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text database.
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