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Book recommendations for teenagers

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By Faustus,
January 22, 2013 in GF - General Forum

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Paul

Posted January 24, 2013

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Posted January 24, 2013

Paul' date=' I'm only going by what the lad has told me himself. I was pretty surprised myself, considering he had an exam on the book this month, but I'm only going on his word. Obviously he could well be telling porkies, but I can't really see why he'd lie about having read a book or not. He's got his controlled assessments to do on the book in the coming months, so whether his class will start reading it this term in preparation for them I don't know. Either way, he's read it now so at least he's up to speed and there's no harm done if his class pick up the text this term.

Anyway, cheers for the great suggestions. A lot of good shouts on here. I can't believe I forgot His Dark Materials because I loved the books when I was his age. I think they may be a bit heavy for him at the moment, so I'll probably print off a couple of things to do with Everton he might be interested in and use them as stepping stones to other things.[/quote']

He'd lie because kids bury their heads in the sand and pretend all the pressure will go away. When it doesn't, they want someone else to blame.

He'd not be alone in acting that way. About 50% of all boys his age are exactly the same.

Deffo avoid fiction to start with though. All the research (as well as my own anecdotal evidence) shows that most boys much prefer non-fiction and see "books" (ie, fiction) as being for girls. Newspapers, magazines and football biographies are the way to go.