Thread started: Jun 7 2008, 12:01 PM EDT
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I saw Patrick Jones last week and asked him for input to our sub wiki, particularly about teen reader's advisory. He said when he used to train, he told people they should have a library in their heads of 10 core teen books they could recommend to anyone.
Mentioned Conley, I think, I'll check my note.
Nominations, anyone? Add them here or to the page above. Thanks!
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RE: 10 core teen books
By: alimander,
Sep 8 2008, 12:45 PM EDT
I'm going to cheat and list 10 of my go-to authors. Then I'm going to cheat again and list 11 of them. Like somebody else said, I wouldn't give all these books to every teen, but these authors are reliably good and well-received by teens who like the style/genre. I left off the obvious blockbusters like Rowling and Stephenie Meyers.
- Laurie Halse Anderson (realistic: Speak, Prom)
- M.T. Anderson (all over the spectrum: Feed, Thirsty, Octavian Nothing)
- Sarah Dessen (realistic: Just Listen, The Truth About Forever, Lock and Key)
- Gail Giles (suspense: Behind You, What Happened to Cass McBride)
- Shannon Hale (fairy tale/fantasy: Book of a Thousand Days, Princess Academy)
- Pete Hautman (realistic, sci-fi: Godless, Rash)
- Philip Pullman (fantasy, historical: Golden Compass etc., Ruby in the Smoke)
- Philip Reeve (sci-fi/adventure: Mortal Engines, Larklight)
- Nancy Werlin (suspence/mystery: Rules of Survival, Double Helix, Killer's Cousin)
- Scott Westerfeld (sci-fi/adventure: Uglies trilogy, Midnighters trilogy, Peeps)
- Markus Zusak (realistic, historical: The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger)
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