The book Eleven by Tom Rogers tells the story of 9/11 through the eyes eleven year old Alex Douglas. I agree with the critic’s review where it implies that he thinks that his eleventh birthday is to be the best one yet, as his parents had promised him that they would get him a dog if he kept his grades and good behavior up, along with showing that he was responsible enough to care for the dog. But when the review says that Alex loves nothing more than dogs and planes, I believe that he is wrong, as pointed out later on, Alex is worried sick that he had caused his dad, who works at the World Trade Center, that he had caused the terrorists to crash their planes into the two buildings, by saying three simple yet impacting words: “I hate you.”