In The Author's Corner With Etienne

Tuesday Melee Soup Gang Series The Book: Virgin Islands Melee Soup for Young Mind, a collection of 12 short fictional children stories all set in the Virgin Islands, written by 12 local Virgin Islands high school students in the Junior Achievement Program. The stories are written to educate, motivate, and inspire young minds through reading. The Mission: To inspire and educate with the main ingredient: reading The Vision: Creating recipes to inspire young readers The Creation: After 7 weeks of contemplating on a perfect product to serve their community, they came up with the idea to publish a book. Virgin Islands Melee Soup for Young Minds consists of 12 original short fictional stories for children below the age of 11 that showcases our rich culture. Our book also makes for a good summer read! The Authors/Board of Directors: Khaleel Smith, President; Aliya Benjamin, VP of Human Resources; Derrick Thomas, VP of Marketing; Nytia Mathurin, VP of Production; Kevin King, VP of Public Relations; Trent Stedman