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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Percy Jackson, Harry Potter[/quote]

Lord of the Ring

In fact until recently, pretty much every book.[/quote]

That's a good quip.  But you apparently haven't been to a bookstore in a couple decades.[/quote]

I was at a bookstore last weekend. Girls have been reading books about boys having adventures for centuries. I know I did! Is there some reason that your boy can't enjoy books about girls having adventures? [/quote]

Sure, my boy can and does read books about female protagonists.  Sometimes a boy protagonist might be a nice change.

Some older books haven't held up over time but others have, and nearly all older books were better and more deeply written than the YA books of today, [b]which are written to be read fast and thoughtlessly.[/b]  [/quote]

Huh? Not always.[/quote]

I mean I read The Fault in our Stars as an adult but that book 8s definitely not a fast and thoughtless book.  Doesn't fit OP's brief because the main character is female, but definitely not a thoughtless book.[/quote]

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