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eightlegs
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I agree with Glynis Karen, nice to hear of teenagers reading, especially boys. A friend of mine's son is currently devouring books - he bought one at the school book fair and he read it in a day! I think she's going to start using his library card more!
And I can see the appeal of Dan Brown's, good, fast-paced and plenty of action.
Have you seen the Ultimate Book guide for the age group? I posted about picking up a freebie with sub sections of all the age groups. There were loads of suggestions in there for teens, including many adult books both classic and modern.
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No, I haven't seen the Ultimate Guide book, but I'd love to see it. Must admit I like reading books aimed at teens so will keep an eye out for it. Thanks 
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Karen
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I've heard about this guide, but I have not made an effort to look for it. We quite like browsing in book stores and are happy to pick for ourselves - we make mistakes sometimes, but are not too worried about that. If we ran out of ideas or if I was at my wits end to find material for them then I might turn to something like that. All of the family enjoy the teen books so they are a good buy with 4 readers to circulate around - I'm looking forward to finishing Gone, I read a few chapters of it on-line before I caved and bought it. Both boys read have now read it but it ends on a cliff hanger with the next book due out a year from now!
My eldest son is dyslexic so I am particularly proud that he enjoys reading. Even Dan Brown is a bit slow to get going for him so I think he will stick to the teenage/young adult genre for a while to come. He will stay up half the night to finish his books - he likes books that he can read in just a couple of sessions. He quite likes the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson, and books by Garth Nix, Trudi Canavan, Eoin Colfer - bit of a fantasy junkie!
I have always read to both boys and only really stopped about a year ago. When they were younger they loved Mrs Pepperpot, The Moomins and the Borrowers, as they got older I read the Edge Chronicles and some of the Mortal Engines series. We got into a bit of a habit of me reading the odd chapter then the boys going off and reading on, I then had to catch up before the next session. Never read Pippi Longstocking myself although I have heard of it, sounds like something I might buy for my god-daughters. |
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eightlegs
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| Tigerlily wrote: | | No, I haven't seen the Ultimate Guide book, but I'd love to see it. Must admit I like reading books aimed at teens so will keep an eye out for it. Thanks |
If I catch any more copies in our local library I will pick you one up Glynis. Have already given a couple away but last time I took the last 3 they had, though I'd been in the week before and there were none so they must have had others. |
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Aw thank you Are they to be found in libraries? If so I'll check ours this week. Noticed you read a Meg Roscoff book - What I Was? I've got that to read. A lot of my favourite reads are books aimed at teenagers. I've also got Witch Child (can't remember who by), Holes by Louis Sachar and I Coriander to read. Funny because when I was a teen I was more interested in reading juicy adult books!! 
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Karen
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| I agree with you Glynis, there is some fantastic reading out there aimed at that teen age group. |
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eightlegs
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| I have Holes too, I'm hoping to read it to my son but so far he's declined and picked something else. Maybe I'll have to face facts and read it myself for me! |
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There are so many fab teen books out there, I love them!
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Karen
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| eightlegs wrote: | | I have Holes too, I'm hoping to read it to my son but so far he's declined and picked something else. Maybe I'll have to face facts and read it myself for me! |
How old is your son Sarah? I went through a phase with Alexander when he was about 10, and it went on for the remainder of primary school, where he would not even consider anything I even looked at never mind actually suggested. In the end, when it came to picking books that he was going to read I just made myself not look or comment about anything when he was around - it was really hard! If there was something I really wanted to read, I would read it out loud at bedtime and if it caught he might then take it to read on a bit himself and I would then catch up so we could read together again another time.
If your young man is having a similar phase, I feel for you, but take hope that if he does follow the route Alexander did, he will come back to sharing his books with you. Probably finding some really good stuff for himself and insisting you should read it if my experience is a measure. |
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My son (also Alex!) is 9, 10 in the autumn. Some of it is about him wanting to choose but I have chosen some he's loved so he will consider my suggestions still. And recently he's listened to 2 books Dad has read him that were from his childhood - one about football and one about Cubs!
He told me their class teacher had read a bit of Holes to them but that didn't help! I try not to push my ideas too much. Luckily my daughter is still quite happy with my suggestions some of the time! |
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eightlegs
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Right now my son is reading South by South East - Anthony Horowitz from the school library - his half term homework is to read it before he goes back! We've read others from the series about the Diamond Brothers and he's loved them, very cheesey humour!
My daughter is reading First Term at Malory Towers - Enid Blyton at bedtime with me, and with Daddy Mr Gum in The Hound of Lomonic Bibber - Andy Staunton, this was one of the £1 World Book Day books. Will try to update this later with her opinion of it! |
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Karen
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| Just going a bit ordering mad for the boys ready for the summer break - have just ordered The Story of Cirrus Flux by Matthew Skelton on the basis that we loved Endymion Spring a couple of years ago. Also have in my basket pending The Resistance by Gemma Malley because my eldest raved about The Declaration and The Spook's Sacrifice by Joseph Delaney which he has been waiting to be released. I am also debating putting The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan into the basket, Dominic and I both loved the trilogy and my husband is hooked by The Novice at the moment so I could justify it ...... |
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eightlegs
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Well my daughter is listening to (I'm reading!) Mr Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater, and is reading a Rainbow Fairy book for her school book.
My son is listening to Public Enemy Number Two by Anthony Horowitz, on the the Diamond Brothers series, and for his school book is reading Pure Dead Wicked, the sequel to Pure Dead Magic by Debi Gliori. They are strange tales involving mythical creatures, people with magical powers, computers and kidnapping. But he loves them and some of the vocabulary is quite demanding! |
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eightlegs
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| My daughter is now listening to Olga Moves House by Michael Bond (of Paddington fame) about a guinea pig and my son is reading Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy and seems to be loving it as he's reading it during the day even, not just at bedtime. |
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I am so glad your son is enjoying Skulduggery Sarah, he is such a great character. There's a great feeling when your children pick up a book instead of turning on the tv or playing a computer game because they want to.
Dominic has read everything I have bought for him already. He has decided to read the Mortal Engines quartet again until he twists my arm to buy more books.
Alexander is struggling to find something he wants to read at the moment so I think we might have to book hunting day out, just the two of us. |
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| Karen wrote: | | I think we might have to book hunting day out, just the two of us. |
That sounds wonderful. And lots of new book shops to explore near your new home. Have a great day |
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eightlegs
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Time for an update.
My son is now reading and enjoying the second of the Skulduggery Pleasant books, I shall be getting the third for him when it comes out in paperback next month (so he'll have a matching set!).
My daughter is doing the library reading challenge. She's just finished a Daisy Meadows Rainbow Fairy book - no idea which one, they're all much of a muchness to me! and has started MuddlePuddle Farm - Cock-a-doodle-Doo by Michael Morpurgo, the last of her 6 books. Over the summer she has had 3 Jacqueline Wilson's read to her, Cliffhanger and Buried Alive, which she's enjoyed. They were both about holidays so very seasonal! |
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Another update. For school reading my daughter (Yr 3) is now on free choice and is reading Hamster in a Hamper - Lucy Daniels (Animal Ark).
At home I've just finished reading The Butterfly Lion - Michael Morpugo to my daughter and we're doing Rabbit Magic - Holly Webb next.
My son has just started Silverfin - Charlie Higson (Young James Bond series) which read a bit of at bedtime then he reads a bit himself! He can't remember his school book! |
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Sarah - not sure if I ever thanked you for sending me the Ultimate Reading Guide. Sorry if I didn't! It's great - thanks for thinking of me xxx
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