Erm, am I the only one who ran from the Alanna serious positively disgusted and scarred as a 13 year old...? Maybe I'm abnormally sensitive or something. But I found it totally revolting (not the first one so much, but each sequel got more sexy and more edgy and the characters were just flat for me). *cough* Not going to rant about it...
I thought I'd just throw in a recommendation for reluctant boys. My little brother has never really been into reading. Mom's tried a lot of things, including Harry Potter, but it's just never sparked the Reading Fiend. Until my friend Beth, who is an elementary teacher, found this series for younger teen boys: Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The books in the series are: The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, and The Titan's Curse. (I think one of the books hasn't been published yet.) My brother devoured these books. I've never seen him read so much--even at the table! The books are about a modern highschool kid who finds out he's the son of the sea god in Greek mythology (can't remember the name).
He's reading Castaways of the Flying Dutchman right now, and I think he's liking that too.
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Date: 2009-03-09 03:43 pm (UTC)I thought I'd just throw in a recommendation for reluctant boys. My little brother has never really been into reading. Mom's tried a lot of things, including Harry Potter, but it's just never sparked the Reading Fiend. Until my friend Beth, who is an elementary teacher, found this series for younger teen boys: Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The books in the series are: The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, and The Titan's Curse. (I think one of the books hasn't been published yet.) My brother devoured these books. I've never seen him read so much--even at the table! The books are about a modern highschool kid who finds out he's the son of the sea god in Greek mythology (can't remember the name).
He's reading Castaways of the Flying Dutchman right now, and I think he's liking that too.