Jason Reynolds writes a lot of books about teen boys

The Wolf
The Song of Achilles
The Maze Runner
Holes
Looking for Alaska
Boy Meets Boy
Steelheart

My son really liked the Alex Rider books by Anthony Horowitz.

Harry Potter!!!!

Whats the one with Pony Boy?

Holes

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Anonymous wrote:Percy Jackson, Harry Potter

Lord of the Ring

In fact until recently, pretty much every book.

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

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?

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.

The point is, not all contemporary books feature "only girls." Which you would know if *you* had been in a bookstore lately.

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell has a male protagonist

I posted a similar question on here a few months ago-- books for my 12-year-old boy that weren't fantasy or science fiction. Someone recommended the historical fiction books by Alan Gratz-- many of them are about World War II. My son absolutely loved them-- he read them all this summer. Thank you to whomever made that recommendation!

My kids love Wendy Mass books, look them up. Several of them are written from a boys perspective, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life for example.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Percy Jackson, Harry Potter

Lord of the Ring

In fact until recently, pretty much every book.

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

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?

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, which are written to be read fast and thoughtlessly.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Percy Jackson, Harry Potter

Lord of the Ring

In fact until recently, pretty much every book.

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

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?

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Percy Jackson, Harry Potter

Lord of the Ring

In fact until recently, pretty much every book.

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

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?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Percy Jackson, Harry Potter

Lord of the Ring

In fact until recently, pretty much every book.

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

Anonymous wrote:Percy Jackson, Harry Potter

Lord of the Ring

In fact until recently, pretty much every book.