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Books for Young Adults?
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stoney321, a2zmom, rubywisp and other assorted moms, English teachers, librarians and avid readers:
My BFF's thirteen-year-old son is struggling in English and Lit, big time. He's a bright kid, but he lacks direction, attention, self-discipline (as I said, he's 13) and views reading as a chore or punishment (does not compute, but his mileage and all that.) Can you guys suggest some YA books (or even just genre) that would interest a young teen who is into anime and fantasy? I know there are several, but beyond "Ender's Game" and Neil Gaiman, I'm pretty tapped out. At that age I was Shakespeare, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Jane Austen and historical romance porn, pretty elusively.
Websites with fantasy or YA book recommendations? His dad passed away a year ago last month and he's a pretty easy middle school target (red hair, pudgy, band geek) so I'd love to pass a love of fantasy/horror/sci-fic genre with the message, "See these books? All written by geeks. Successful, well-adjusted geeks." Anything helps. *g*
ETA: Thank you all so much! I have given his mom a preliminary list and anything you want to add will be forwarded. *squish*
stoney321, a2zmom, rubywisp and other assorted moms, English teachers, librarians and avid readers:My BFF's thirteen-year-old son is struggling in English and Lit, big time. He's a bright kid, but he lacks direction, attention, self-discipline (as I said, he's 13) and views reading as a chore or punishment (does not compute, but his mileage and all that.) Can you guys suggest some YA books (or even just genre) that would interest a young teen who is into anime and fantasy? I know there are several, but beyond "Ender's Game" and Neil Gaiman, I'm pretty tapped out. At that age I was Shakespeare, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Jane Austen and historical romance porn, pretty elusively.
Websites with fantasy or YA book recommendations? His dad passed away a year ago last month and he's a pretty easy middle school target (red hair, pudgy, band geek) so I'd love to pass a love of fantasy/horror/sci-fic genre with the message, "See these books? All written by geeks. Successful, well-adjusted geeks." Anything helps. *g*
ETA: Thank you all so much! I have given his mom a preliminary list and anything you want to add will be forwarded. *squish*
