Thanks to everyone who generously offered up so many great reading ideas
for YA boys.
I am busily reviewing and ordering.
Enjoy the rest of the summer!
Steve
Check out the author Mal Peet- Soccer fiction (Keeper, Exposure, The
Penalty)
With that in mind, David Levithan has two new novels out--Love is the
Higher Law and Wide Awake.
We had Matt de la Pena visit our district last year. He has written 3
novels and has a 4th coming out in October.
Ball Don't Lie (which has been made into a movie)
Mexican White Boy
We Were Here
Lockdown: Escape From the Furnace 1 by Alexander Gordon Smith.
some titles i read this summer that would appeal to guys include:
Body Finder
Dawn and Dusk
Lockdown (Meyer but also Volponi)
Woods Runner
Cardturner
After Ever After
My Father, the Angel of Death
Who's Buried in the Garden (middle school)
other things that come to mind are the continuation of series
Ranger's Apprentice
Hunger Games triology
Alex Rider
Cirque du Freak
vampire series
graphic novels
manga
Lockdown by Gordon Smith
Rikers High by Volponi
The Maze Runner by Dashner
The Compound by Bodeen
Pop by Korman
Unwind by Shusterman
Bruiser by Shusterman
Ostrich Boys by Keith Gray
Bunker 10 by Henderson
my boys are absolutely loving S.A. Bodeen's The Compound.
Brain Jack by Brian Falker is high action and seems to have all the
ingredients to attract YA boys. You can see my review on my blog
_http://childrens-bookspot.blogspot.com/_
(http://childrens-bookspot.blogspot.com/)
There are quite a few reviews for books that will be, or are recently,
published in 2010. Another one that comes to mind, Maze Runner. Excellent
book! You may want to look in the archives on my site where I reviewed books
from 2009.
I have seen the hype on this new series and went out and bought the first
book in it today (it was just released this week): I Am Number Four by
Pittacus Lore. New sci fi that readers of The Hunger Games should love.
My YA boys loved The Ranger's Apprentice series (John Flanagan),
Maximum Ride (Patterson) and Hunger Games series (Suzanne Collins)
last year. As far as soccer titles, Goal and Goal II and Keeper are
three that YA boys and girls interested in soccer really like. I am
hoping that there will be some YA biographies of professional soccer
players that come out this year, in light of the recent World Cup.
I hope that helps.
Have you heard of the Hunger Games series? Fantastic! Although it has a
female protagonist, it definitely isn't a a female only series. This
series takes place in a distopian society. It is violent, suspenseful, and
action packed. I just finished Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson, the author of
Speak. Twisted had a male protagonist who is accused of committing a
crime that he didn't commit. Very good story. Another author of particular
interest is Ellen Hopkins. I've read Crank, Glass, Impulse, and Burned.
Crank and Glass are part of a series and they have a female protagonist, but
the story is about Meth addiction. Many of my boy students have read her
books and enjoyed them. Impulse has two male protagonists and a female
protagonist, and the story deals with mental health issues for teens. Burned is
a female protagonist but it deals with religious beliefs. An Abundance of
Katherines is another book I started this summer but couldn't get into.
It has a male protagonist. I guess the kids really like this book as well
as others by this author, but I couldn't get into it. I hope this helps!
Here are some newer YA books targeting guys. They are high school level:
Brain Jack by Brian Falkner
The Replacement by Brenn Yovanoff
You by Charles Benoit
The Gardener and The Compound by S.A. Bodeen
The Less-Dead by April Lurie
Dawn by Kevin Brooks...in fact, anything by Kevin Brooks
Rikers High by Paul Volponi...again, anything by Paul Volponi
Sleepless and The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy
Percy Jackson and the Olympians is a great series guys will like, guys
write for guys is not a new title, but it's a good book.
Here's a site with a whole list
ttp://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/books/booklist.asp?id=teenguys
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