Virgin Territory
The events and grief of September 11, 2001, will be explored in fiction for many years to come as our nation continues to work through the most profound, gut-wrenching event of our times. It’s no surprise, then, that 9/11 will also have continuing impact on Young Adult fiction, even though today’s teens were in elementary school at the time. Virgin Territory, James Lecesne’s next novel after Absolute Brightness, is in its own way a post-9/11 recovery novel. 15 year old Dylan and his dad have lived in the small town of Jupiter, Florida for the past 9 years. Still feeling like an emotional and physical outsider, DylanRead More →