Seven and a half tons of steel / Janet Nolan ; illustrated by Thomas Gonzalez.

First edition.

9781561459124 (hardback)
1561459127 (hardback)

Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Publishers, [2016]

©2016

English

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 31 cm

VA65.N616 N65 2016

623.825/6

There is a ship, a Navy ship. It is called the USS New York. It is big like other Navy ships, and it sails like other Navy ships, but there is something special about the USS New York. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the governor of New York gave the Navy a steel beam that was once inside one of the World Trade Towers. The beam was driven from New York to a foundry in Louisiana. Metal workers heated the beam to a high, high temperature. Chippers and grinders, painters and polishers worked on the beam for months. And then, seven and a half tons of steel, which had once been a beam in the World Trade Center, became a Navy ship's bow.

Elementary Grade.
820 Lexile.
Ages 6-10.

A Junior Library Guild Selection.

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