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I have visited New York City several times and have seen many of the sights that the characters talk about in the story

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The sense of family that the neighbors have reminds me of my family's bond with my neighbors. Although they are not the same age as us, we can always count on them for anything and have a sense of family when we are around them.

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Katie's bond with Granny reminds me of the bond my grandmother has with her dog. My Grandfather passed away several years ago (like Granny's Husband) and my grandmother grew lonely. We decided to get her a dog to keep her company, and that was one of the best choices we have ever made! By having her dog, she feels like she has a companion that keeps her company and brings her happiness. This is similar to how Granny feels lonely when her husband passes away. However, after she meets Katie, she becomes more happy and has a purpose.

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1. https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/9b/2d/f2/new-york-city.jpg
2. http://www.katiebook.com/about-katie
3.http://www.factslides.com/imgs/911-planes.jpg
4. http://www.katiebook.com/about-katie

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"Yet it is funny how new friendships develop and old ones deepen when we most need them to."  (Page 252 Paragraph 8) I like this quote because it is a very true moral in life.

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This quote is said just before Granny passes away.  She decline a life saving operation.
"Then don't worry. We won't do it.  Just rest." (Page 241 Paragraph 10) This is one of my favorite quotes because it really shows what type of person the narrator is. Even though he obviously wanted Granny, his best friend to live, he let her go in peace and didn't make her feel bad for her decision.

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"I somehow sensed that having a four legged companion would turn out to be one of the secrets to contentment" (Page 10 Paragraph 1)
I like this quote because I believe it is foreshadowing how Katie will make such an impact in the narrators life.

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Click hear to listen to some of the main events in the book read by the author!

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Click hear to listen to some of the main events in the book read by the author!

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Katie's First Escape (Audio Excerpt)
The Day Our World Stopped (Audio Excerpt)

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If you want to learn more about 9/11, check out some of these links:
1.http://www.911memorial.org/museum
2. http://www.911memorial.org/

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The apartment that was once filled with happiness and joy was now a quiet lonely hallway. But, as always, the depression and sadness comes to an end. For the author adopts a brand new cocker spaniel named Lucy!!

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Soon after Grann'y death, Jack and John move away to France leaving the author depressed and alone in New York . They occasionally keep in touch. This is when the author realized that the "glue" between the family was Katie and Pearl.

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Pearl, never seems to recover after 9/11. She is having a great deal of depression dealing with Katie's death. On Granny's final night on earth, she declines a life saving surgery and passes away.

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As the story comes to an end, the readers witness Katie and Granny grow old together. Although both are becoming frail, they still eat together and go on walks everyday. The story shows Katie's final days and her being put to sleep.

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A tragic accident happens during 9/11 and the narrator/author of the story becomes disabled.  Granny nurses him back to health and helps him return to work.  The narrator becomes Granny's best friends and the grandson she never had.

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Katie's secondary love, besides her owner is Granny.  Granny is a widow after 60 years of marriage.  Her relationship with her neighbors is one of the things that helps her get through this tough time in her life.  Granny plays a role in the "family" by making dinner, babysitting, and planning holiday events.  Granny's cooking helps everyone come together and glues their bond as a "family".  Granny is always sharing her "pearls" of wisdom with everyone.

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Katie become like each of the neighbors own pets, as she goes between their apartments down the hall as if she owned the whole place.  Some of Katie's canine antics include fashion modeling, using the remote control, racing neighborhood children down the hall, eating corn on the cob, and sitting at the dinner table with perfect posture.

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The story begins with a man meeting his neighbor, who is several years older than him.  He nicknames her "Granny Down the Hall", but her real name is Pearl.  Their bond was created when the man knocked on her door and asked for help on raising his new Cocker Spaniel named Katie.  Katie also helped concrete the bond of  a three year old boy, Jack, and his single, gay father, John who live just down the hall.

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In the story, the neighbors are all witnesses of 9/11. The characters have to find comfort in one another in order to get through this horrific event .

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The story took place in an apartment in New York City.  The characters live int he same apartment just down the hall from one another.  Their apartment happens to be right across from the World Trade Center.

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Katie Up and Down the Hall by Glenn Plaskin

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An unforgettable story about the love that makes a family - one that transcends the hard realities of time, tragedy, and inevitable loss. For more information, visit: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_9781599952543.htm

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This is Katie, the Cocker Spaniel puppy that created the magical bond between the  neighbors. Katie has a special bond the elderly.  She gives them her healing touch when any of her friends are sick or in need.  She lays next to them with a paw on their heart.

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By: Glenn Plaskin