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This study utilizes content analysis to examine 19 historical fiction novels for young adults, ages 12-18, which address the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This study was conducted to identify any important trends regarding publication and supplemental information included in the sample, the scope of 9/11 described in the selected texts, and the diversity of the protagonists in each novel, and their connections and responses to the 9/11 attacks. Increasing numbers of 9/11 related historical fiction novels for young adults are being published that are better researched and offer readers a broader scope of the day’s events than earlier works in this genre. While white characters are most prominent, diversity is becoming more common over time, as well as the desire to portray the stories of characters that were directly affected by the terrorist attacks. Protagonists’ multifaceted grieving cycles have been a hallmark of this genre throughout time as well.
Casey D. Lanier (Tue,) studied this question.