House 52 recommends Joe and the Skyscraper by Dietrich Neumann
“It was really cool reading about a young boy who had a job helping the workers build a skyscraper. You actually got to see how they built the Empire State Building.”
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“It was interesting how much work it was to build the Empire State Building because it was so hard and people died.”
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“I liked the book because they planned to make the Empire State Building the tallest building in the world.”
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“I liked the pictures because they showed how high the workers were and how the workers walked on the metal beams.”
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“I liked Joe because he was only 16 and he was the water boy and he worked very hard.”
