Children’s Fiction about 9/11

Lampert (cultural and language studies, Queensland U. of Technology, Australia) explores some of the shifts in the performance of ethnic, national, and related heroic identities in children's literature since the attacks on US corporate and military targets in September 2001, as evinced by books for young people about the events themselves. Historical events generally take a generation to appear in children's literature, she says, until people who were children at the time grow up and write books for children. However books about 9/11 began almost immediately. Though she does consider books from Canada, Australia, and Britain, most of the literature is American, and so also her focus. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)