We All Fall Down: Volume 1

Eric Walters

May 2010 · We All Fall Down Book 1 · Sold by Penguin Group

About this ebook

A novel from one of the country’s most prolific and popular YA authors, this book, set in New York City on September 11th, shows us how the experiences of that day profoundly changed one teen’s life and relationships.

Today is September 10, 2001, and Will, a grade nine student, is spending the day at his father’s workplace tomorrow. As part of a school assignment, all the students in his class will be going to their parents tomorrow, but Will isn’t excited about it–he’d rather sleep in and do nothing with his friends. His father doesn’t even have an exciting job like his best friend James’s father who is a fireman. Will’s dad works for an international trading company and has to wake up early every morning to commute to his office on the eighty-fifth floor in the south building of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. Will doesn’t see his father very often because of the hours he puts in at the office. He doubts that his dad will bother making time for him tomorrow even when they are supposed to be spending the day together.

In this fast-paced and dramatic new novel by bestselling author Eric Walters, Will discovers a new side of his father during an event that continues to affect the world. As Will’s new teacher says, tomorrow “might be an experience that changes your entire life.”

Ratings and reviews

A nice book that shows the troubles of families with workaholic / full time workers and the toll it takes on a family. the book has a nice part in the middle but the end has no downsides on the characters and it makes it feel underwhelming. good book would make it longer with some insight on the future of the characters

this is a great book i starting reading it in grade seven with my class last week the only problem is we have to write about and i went on google books and tried to find the two pages i need to finsh but they wont show it :( but still a great book so far

I've read this book about ten times in a row and it never gets boring, I'm in love with this book! Also my favorite character is John!

About the author

Eric Walters, a former elementary-school teacher, began writing as a way to encourage his students to become more enthusiastic about literature. His many works include Camp X, Royal Ransom, and Run. His novels have won numerous awards including the Silver Birch, Blue Heron, Red Maple, Snow Willow and Ruth Schwartz awards and have received honours from the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year and UNESCO’s international award for Literature in Service of Tolerance. He lives in Mississauga, Ontario.