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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]

Kids need books that are windows and books that are mirrors. Just because things were really one sided in the past doesn’t mean they should swing the other way now. I want my boys to be able to read contemporary books with girl and boy protagonists. [/quote]

The point is, not all contemporary books feature "only girls." Which you would know if *you* had been in a bookstore lately. ;)
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Do you know how hard it is to find a book with a male protagonist? Or even a YA book by a male author? I spend gobs of time going through shelves and shelves at the library looking for something appropriate for my advanced reader, who is willing to read books w/female protagonists and is a self-proclaimed feminist, but who would like to read books w/male leads occasionally! Percy Jackson, Harry Potter are great, but too simplistic and when you hit upper middle school the pickings are slim! I brought home “Boy robot” last week from the library which stated it was about what makes us human - I didn’t pre-read it. DS comes downstairs today and says, “So Boy Robot was ok, but did you know there’s a lot of gay sex in it? I don’t mind but I thought you’d want to know.” 
Gay sex is fine but it shouldn’t be this hard to find non-fantasy, non-sports YA books w/male protagonists! Go through a bookstore sometime. It’s about 10%. [/quote]

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