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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
It's being taught in 10th grade (and again at the local community college) at my school so I don't want to step on toes. I totally agree. I'm reading Zusak's new books Under Dogs to see if that is also workable.
I may also give every kid a copy of an Ayn Rand book (We the Living, I think) because I got them for free. But that seems more cruel.
Oh, yes, the Book Thief was really good. And so was The Messenger, although not as good.
How about John Marsden's Tomorrow When the War Began? It's not SF but it is a very exciting story about young people caught up in a war when Australia is invaded by an unknown enemy.
I only read the first chapter of The Future of Us, Kat, but it does look good, yeah. Very different than Thirteen Reasons Why, of course.
Ooh, for boys, Robison Wells's Variant (another Harper author, full disclosure) is really good -- fast-paced, a lot of action, boy protagonist, dystopian but not as far in the future as something like The Hunger Games. (It's for girls, too, obviously, but the protagonist might draw boys in more easily.)
I have seen Variant on the shelves, but don't know enough.
Have any of you seen The Hunger Games trailer? It looks good.
There's been discussion of it in movies, Kat.
How about John Marsden's Tomorrow When the War Began? It's not SF but it is a very exciting story about young people caught up in a war when Australia is invaded by an unknown enemy.
Totally second this, it's an awesome book--and if they're into it, there's many sequels.
How about John Marsden's Tomorrow When the War Began? It's not SF but it is a very exciting story about young people caught up in a war when Australia is invaded by an unknown enemy.
I read this on Consuela's rec and much enjoyed it. It's Red Dawn meets The Outsiders. It would definitely appeal to boys as well as girls.
It might be a touch too old for sophomores, but Mira Grant's Feed is really fantastic.
There's very subtle, between-the-lines, non-bio sibling love that is is-it-or-isn't-it-physical, though. That's the only thing that makes it a maybe-not. It's fab. Girls and guys can get with it.
I also read the Tomorrow books on Consuela's rec and love them.
Are you just looking for recent books? In older books, there's Rosemary Sutcliff's Eagle of the Ninth,. which is pretty available because of the movie. It has young male protagonists.
How about Ender's Game?