Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish (Click the image to visit them). This week the topic is Books you would recommend to X.
I have gone for books that I would recommend to reluctant readers and split them into boys and girls and narrowed it down to the 8 – 14 age bracket. Not that I think these books are limited to those demographics.. of course!
Boys:
Why don’t more boys read? Especially teenagers….is it just not cool? There are some great books aimed at boys though, of all ages.
- Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz
- The Gates by John Connolly
- The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
- Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
- The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan
Girls:
When I was younger I was encouraged to read books like Little Women and Pride & Prejudice, and I’m not dissing them (I am a bit) but they’re not the most exciting are they. If I’d discovered books like these earlier, I think I would have been a prolific reader from an earlier age.
- The Selection by Kiera Cass
- The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
- Look into my Eyes (Ruby Redfort) by Lauren Child
- The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
- Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Feel free leave a link to your TTT post and I’ll check them out!
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Excellent topic choice! The book I always recommend to young reluctant readers (kids aged 7-10) is the Guinness Book of World Records – never fails to get kids reading!
oooh that’s a good one! I always forget about non-fiction!
I agree. Thanks for sharing books reluctant readers might love!
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Skulduggery Pleasant and Artemis Fowl, great recommendations! Usually I hesitate to group things into ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ groups, but I can see why you did it here. I would have read the books from both of your groups as a kid, though! Then again, I was definitely not a reluctant reader!
Completely agree with you with your comments about the classics! I’ve always been a reader but I wish I had read more widely when I was younger.
I wish more boys would read too! At least teen boys – I’ve not met one that I can talk about books with. I wish there would be more YA books that were easier to relate to for both boys and girls.
Yeah I definitely think there’s a huge gap there!! Harry Potter is the only one that instantly springs to mind. But then, do teenage boys really read them either?
I’m not sure, but if not I think we need to fix that!
I was obsessed with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants in junior high. I had almost forgotten about them!
Yeah, I agree with Maija – I would probably read all of these but great choices and idea. I like it.
Lynn 😀
Thanks!
Great topic! As the mother of a very reluctant reader (boy, age 11) I will definitely look into some of your choices. Who know, maybe a miracle will happen! On the other hand, my daughter was always a voracious reader, and the Traveling Pants series was such a hit with her. Awesome list!
haha thanks! You never know, it’s totally the season for miracles! 🙂