Books/authors you would recommend to adolescents?
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I'm a teacher at an alternative high school, and my stock of motivating novels is wearing thin as the school year closes. Most of my students have expended the books off my shelf that are of highest interest to them and I need to stock up with new materials. Please offer books and authors you think/know at-risk youth will enjoy. To give you an idea of what they already love: Alan Lawrence Sitomer, Ellen Hopkins, Laurie Halse Anderson, Orca books, Bluford High Series, Chris Crutcher, Graphic Novels (such as Sentences by M.F.Grimm).THANK YOU!
by ErikaStellar in Six Words Questions on Mar 06, 2013 | 
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KharisJo says,
Aussie author John Marsden writes books for older children/teens. My son enjoyed the Tomorrow When the War Began series early in his teens.jl333 says,
I will ask the teenagers today for their input...Believe says,
John GreenErikaStellar says,
Thank you for the input so far! I'm keeping a list for one massive purchase next month.Wench says,
Anything by Bryan J.L. Glass. He's been working on a comic book series for several years now called The Mice Templar (one of the characters is named after me!). He's also written a Thor series for Marvel and a graphic novel, "Quixote" which is great and all with pretty upstanding messages.T.H. White is a great one, I loved Mistress Masham's Repose.
Madelein L'Engle, C.S. Lewis, apparently the Hunger Games series isn't half bad, and this site seems to have some good suggestions - http://info.infosoup.org/lists/biosForTeens.asp
ErikaStellar says,
Wench I'm a graphic novel geek! Checking out The Mice Templar asap! I am familiar with Quixote just haven't read it yet. I'll have to now for sure. Thanks for the input.BecomingLogyn says,
John Green, JK Rowling, Suzanne Collins, Ellen Hopkins, Lois Lowry, Gayle Forman... Uhmmm if I think of any more I'll let you know but those are the most popular ones at my school and in my class.ba_miracle says,
As a former "at risk teen" one of my teachers (in an alternative high school) assigned me Clan of the Cave Bears by Jean Auel ...pre-movie. I went on to read the sequels but wouldn't have likely admitted to my teacher how deeply the book moved me.She had given me the book after I had tried to turn in a book report either for Comes the Blind Fury or Suffer the Children by John Saul
C.S. Lewis I loved and some of my friends were Tolkien fans...also pre-movies. Suddenly I'm feeling really old ;-)
ba_miracle says,
BTW John Saul is not recommended reading.ErikaStellar says,
I'm loving this. I am learning about so many new authors and books. Thank you again everyone for the input so far!MLEwritergirl says,
I'm a published author myself, and my first two novels are geared towards adolescents. If you're interested, here's the links. The first two are the ones for middle schoolers, I'm still not sure about the audience for the third - transcends to all.https://www.createspace.com/3768125
https://www.createspace.com/3896416
https://www.createspace.com/4021619
MLEwritergirl says,
Unable to edit my comment... definitely meant middle school/high schoolers!ErikaStellar says,
Thanks MLE! I will check it out.seetheworld says,
The three that come to mind are:Laurie Halse Anderson
Nancy Farmer - House of the Scorpion
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Redx3 says,
Ugh, dislike the Bluford series. My students liked them, though. Try Sandra Cisneros, most of it is first person stays in the 800 to 1000 Lexile. Sherman Alexie just came out with a memoir that s great for interactive projects. Speak by Anderson, Red Kayak by Cummings and All the Pretty Horses as a guided reading works really well.