tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31106056.post46098171500021615..comments2024-03-20T01:12:10.866-07:00Comments on the moving castle: teenage boyskittens not kidshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687718497473389899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31106056.post-51412674140795390472011-03-19T16:37:38.269-07:002011-03-19T16:37:38.269-07:00For what it is worth, my 14 year old son enjoys re...For what it is worth, my 14 year old son enjoys reading a lot (especially using audio books). We homeschool and I enjoy kid lit, so that might affect things.<br /><br />He especially enjoys fantasy such as the Ranger's Apprentice series and Lord of the Rings. Rick Riordan is a big hit (especially his new Red Pyramid series). Currently I am reading the Beka Cooper series to both boys (14 and 11 - they have also listend to and enjoyed Tamora Pierce's other Tortall books). Hunger Games. Flora Segunda books. Garth Nix (especially Keys to the Kingdom). Definitely Terry Pratchett. Diana Wynne Jones.<br /><br />Not sure if all those are technically YA but they are what he enjoys reading. I do a lot of suggesting (because I love sharing good books) and he is pretty open to reading most things. We always have a book going in the car (currently listening to The Looking Glass Wars).<br /><br />I wonder if it is more a matter of not having as many opportunities to find a mentor who can suggest good books? School reading tends to focus more on what is in the curriculum and at that age you would probably have to be fairly proactive at searching someone out to give you suggestions. Teens have a lot competing for their time.Stephaniehttp://throwingmarshmallows.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31106056.post-55658759632489627942011-03-15T13:04:54.633-07:002011-03-15T13:04:54.633-07:00I wonder if part of why there is less print cultur...I wonder if part of why there is less print culture explicitly targeted at young male adults is because society as a whole is less concerned with guiding them into adulthood, believing that the transition from childhood to adulthood for young men is less fraught than that for young women. (I'm not saying I agree, just that this might explain some of the differences.) <br /><br />This doesn't explain the myriad of supernatural romance fiction aimed at girls, of course. But it may explain the lack of magazines for teen boys. <br /><br />Certainly if we look backward to late nineteenth-century girls' magazines, there is a history of guidance (in terms of reading, dress, education, charity, home duties, physical exercise, and so on).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16929055178506566418noreply@blogger.com