from mdgilmor

Mordicai Gerstein does a wonderful job at lightly touching on the topics of 9-11 while keeping it kid friendly. In The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, Philippe Petit, a tightrope walker, sees the WTC being built as a young man. He immediately considers them as the perfect place to walk on the ...

from PaigeCostella

A man with an usually talent, that can walk on thin wires for a thrill. He gathers his friends and stretch a thin wire across the World Trade Centers in NYC. He walks across this wire as crowds of people watch him from below. The man was not charged with anything by the police of New York. This w...

from bphill5

I think that this was such a special book, and such a special tribute to the Twin Towers, and I really liked it. The main idea of the story is a biography of tightrope walker Philippe Petit's walk between the towers while they were being built. I liked this story because of the illustrations. I l...

from GaiaGonzales

I thought that this book was a very intriguing and entertaining read. I loved the illustrations that were in this book. In many of the illustrations, depth (height) was being emphasized throughout the story. When Philippe was on the rope between the two towers, it was very clear based on the illu...

from gmlee

Story of the man who walked a tight rope between the north and south towers of the World Trade Centers. Good history lesson on both the defiant acts of Phillipe Petit and the history of the World Trade Center. Could be read as a remembrance book, better for a older audience.