Book titles or authors?

[gsgutz]

I need some suggestions on authors or titles for books for teenagers ages 13 & 14. When I was their age I liked Judy Blume but I think those books are more for girls que no? Any suggestions? They probably wont go for the fantasy type books and they definitely arent reading Harry Potter. Something along the lines of Judy Blume but for males?

[zunzune]

2008 Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults

Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.
Beah, Ishmael. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier.
Downham, Jenny. Before I Die. Random House/David Fickling,
Hemphill, Stephanie. Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath.
Jones, Lloyd. Mister Pip.
Landy, Derek. Skulduggery Pleasant.
Peet, Mal. Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal.
Polly, Matthew. American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel.
Tan, Shaun. The Arrival.
http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya/

[zunzune]

In addition to the American Library Association you can also check out Book Crush by Nancy Pearl. She makes some great recommendations. Good luck in your search!

[zunzune]

http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/intro_flash.htm

This is a really cool site that kind of describes this book. I'm interested enough that I might go and check it out.

[mena]

If you look for the word "book" in the dictionary it will say see Zun.

[zunzune]

If you look for the word "book" in the dictionary it will say see Zun.

Maybe I missed my calling. ;) Also try nationalbook.org for information.
Sherman wins the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature (http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2007_ypl_alexie.html) for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (http://www.fallsapart.com/truediary.htm).
This is the story about a boy and his culture and the decisions he must make regarding his culture.

[zunzune]

If you look for the word "book" in the dictionary it will say see Zun.

Hey! No les digas, then they'll know what I look like. LOL One of these days I AM going to post a picture of myself.

[mena]

Hey! No les digas, then they'll know what I look like. LOL One of these days I AM going to post a picture of myself.You mean you haven't seen the pencil drawn picture of you next to the word "book".

[zunzune]

You mean you haven't seen the pencil drawn picture of you next to the word "book".

Maybe the dictionary I have is too old, or too new for that matter. ;)

[mena]

Maybe the dictionary I have is too old, or too new for that matter. ;):D ...........

[Evie]

Hey! No les digas, then they'll know what I look like. LOL One of these days I AM going to post a picture of myself.

I already know!!! NANI NANI BOO BOO!!!!:D

[catlady]

I need some suggestions on authors or titles for books for teenagers ages 13 & 14. When I was their age I liked Judy Blume but I think those books are more for girls que no? Any suggestions? They probably wont go for the fantasy type books and they definitely arent reading Harry Potter. Something along the lines of Judy Blume but for males?
That is really an interesting question because I have a teen but a girl. She's such a bookworm that she reads all sorts of stuff1 She just finished a book titled "Abzurda" written by an Argentine girl who was anorexic and bulimic. Then again, she has read all the HP books! She evens recommends books to me" She read "The devil wears Prada" and passed it on to me but I hated it! It reminded me of my ex-boss!

[zunzune]

I already know!!! NANI NANI BOO BOO!!!!:D

Nadamás no les digas que estoy horripilante!

[Evie]

Nadamás no les digas que estoy horripilante!

HA!HA!HA! Whatever zun!! You know that is not true!

[zunzune]

HA!HA!HA! Whatever zun!! You know that is not true!

I knew YOU would get a kick out of that! Are you feeling better?

[Evie]

Didn't go to work today because my asthma was full blown yesterday but doing my treatments has helped, so I'm off to work again tomorrow.:( Thanks for askin':)

[zunzune]

Didn't go to work today because my asthma was full blown yesterday but doing my treatments has helped, so I'm off to work again tomorrow.:( Thanks for askin':)

What are friends for? Hope you feel better. I re-read your quote and thought, teach your kid to surf the net, and she'll never do her homework again! AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH! I had to hide my computer to keep her off.

[Evie]

LOL!! It's addicting!!!!

[zunzune]

LOL!! It's addicting!!!!
You are absolutely right, that's why it's hidden! Sheesh, she opened an account on youtube and thought I wouldn't discover it. Para cuando ella va, yo ya fuí y vine varias veces. You should have seen the "friend" that signed up. UUUUGGGGGHHHHHH!

[catlady]

My kid uses the computer to do research for her homework ...and talk to her friends. Much the way I used to spend hours on the phone. It can, however be a dangerous medium. We are on the honor system but it is scary. The other day, she asked me for help because her best friend had made a date with two 16 year olds she met on the internet at the Taxqueña subway station. Then, because my kid would not go she changed it to the nearby mall. So my kid said:"Mom, I don't know what to do. I think this is not a good idea!"
So, we made up a story. I called her friends mom and said that I had been reading my kids messenger transcripts and so on and so on. And that I considered this really unsafe and that my kid was grounded from the messenger for not telling me what they were going to do. Anyway, they didn't go. Aranza, my kid can't use the messenger for a month(that was her idea to make it look real) and her friends think I am a rat but don't know that it was Ara who told me everything.
I guess it could have been alright and maybe the guys really are 16, but that doesn't mean that they are safe. What do you think?

[zunzune]

My kid uses the computer to do research for her homework ...and talk to her friends. Much the way I used to spend hours on the phone. It can, however be a dangerous medium. We are on the honor system but it is scary. The other day, she asked me for help because her best friend had made a date with two 16 year olds she met on the internet at the Taxqueña subway station. Then, because my kid would not go she changed it to the nearby mall. So my kid said:"Mom, I don't know what to do. I think this is not a good idea!"
So, we made up a story. I called her friends mom and said that I had been reading my kids messenger transcripts and so on and so on. And that I considered this really unsafe and that my kid was grounded from the messenger for not telling me what they were going to do. Anyway, they didn't go. Aranza, my kid can't use the messenger for a month(that was her idea to make it look real) and her friends think I am a rat but don't know that it was Ara who told me everything.
I guess it could have been alright and maybe the guys really are 16, but that doesn't mean that they are safe. What do you think?


Bravo! You did the right thing!

[Evie]

Whether they are 16 years old or not it is still dangerous. You never know what their intentions are.:eek:

[catlady]

Whether they are 16 years old or not it is still dangerous. You never know what their intentions are.:eek:
I totally agree and I'm glad my kid told me. We made up the story so her friend would not think Ara ratted her out! Ara said: People think that the persons you meet on the internet are who they say they are but you can be Catherine Zeta-Jones or brad Pitt. It's not real.

[Evie]

LOL I thought I was the only one that did that with their daughter.:D Arent you glad that they can come to us with things like that even if they know they might get in trouble themselves.

[catlady]

I'm glad she decided to come to me because even if she had gotten into trouble with me (which she didn't) she knew she would get into bigger trouble if she went with her friend. Plus she was scared for her friend. I never read her messenger transcripts. So, I'm glad she told me.

[Evie]

I have always told my daughter that it is better for me to hear it from her, than for me to hear it from someone else. Then the punishment will be worse.

[catlady]

Yep! I agree with you but I think what scared my daughter the most was the risk they might be in. Good thing she used her not so common, common sense.

[zunzune]

I have always told my daughter that it is better for me to hear it from her, than for me to hear it from someone else. Then the punishment will be worse.

No por nada te dicen cruella!:D J/K, you're a great mom. I know that for a fact.

[zunzune]

Gsgutz was looking for book titles or authors for her boys. gsgutz, did you find what you were looking for?

[Evie]

OK Zun what r u trying to tell us?? Did we go off topic a bit??:rolleyes:

Cruella? :eek: Just wait til lil chisquis gets to her teens, gonna have to hand over my title.:D

[catlady]

OK Zun what r u trying to tell us?? Did we go off topic a bit??:rolleyes:

Cruella? :eek: Just wait til lil chisquis gets to her teens, gonna have to hand over my title.:D

My daughter still sorta likes me but then she's only 14! LOL!

[Evie]

Sorta likes you? LOL Come on catlady I'm sure she feels much more for you than a sorta like.:D O no te tubiera tanta confiansa asi para decirte su cosas.

[zunzune]

OK Zun what r u trying to tell us?? Did we go off topic a bit??:rolleyes:

Cruella? :eek: Just wait til lil chisquis gets to her teens, gonna have to hand over my title.:D


Maybe just a little. Flaco really laughed at the cruella thing. He said there were meaner bones in my toes than in your entire body. I'm a tellin' ya'. She put a recording on her cell phone and when I call, her voice pipes up and says "OMG, it's the beast"! Needless to say, I had her change that and confiscated her phone immediately after. Now it rings normally when I call.

[gsgutz]

Gsgutz was looking for book titles or authors for her boys. gsgutz, did you find what you were looking for?

I've been having some tough weeks especially this one at work and feel drained by the time i get home, havent had time to do anything.

[Evie]

Maybe just a little. Flaco really laughed at the cruella thing. He said there were meaner bones in my toes than in your entire body. I'm a tellin' ya'. She put a recording on her cell phone and when I call, her voice pipes up and says "OMG, it's the beast"! Needless to say, I had her change that and confiscated her phone immediately after. Now it rings normally when I call.

Awwww tell Flaco thanks!!!
LOL @ The Beast :D OK so what did you do to deserve that name?:confused:

[catlady]

Maybe just a little. Flaco really laughed at the cruella thing. He said there were meaner bones in my toes than in your entire body. I'm a tellin' ya'. She put a recording on her cell phone and when I call, her voice pipes up and says "OMG, it's the beast"! Needless to say, I had her change that and confiscated her phone immediately after. Now it rings normally when I call.
That is really hilarious! That kid has some nerve!

[zunzune]

That is really hilarious! That kid has some nerve!

Nerve is the least of it! Actually it was payback 'cause I recorded mine to say "oh no, it's chisquis again!". We're even now.:D

[mena]

Nerve is the least of it! Actually it was payback 'cause I recorded mine to say "oh no, it's chisquis again!". We're even now.:DThat was funny, Zun. I don't think I would of been happy to hear my kids with that on their cell phone either. It is funny though.:D I've got a little longer before my oldest carries a cell phone. Who knows, she already squeezed out a laptop at age eight.:rolleyes:

[zunzune]

That was funny, Zun. I don't think I would of been happy to hear my kids with that on their cell phone either. It is funny though.:D I've got a little longer before my oldest carries a cell phone. Who knows, she already squeezed out a laptop at age eight.:rolleyes:

The kid knows retaliation, I'll tell you that much. It was pretty funny though. I laughed every time I played the one I had recorded.....

[Evie]

Mira Mira and then u wonder where the kid gets it from!!:D
Like mother like daughter!!:D

[catlady]

How's the saying go? The apple doesn't fall far from the tree??? LOL!!!

[zunzune]

To evie and catlady:
She's still hanging on to that apple tree just waiting to become more like me before falling very very close to it. Estoy pagando las que hice, las que pensé hacer y hasta las que no pensé hacer. :D

[gsgutz]

To evie and catlady:
She's still hanging on to that apple tree just waiting to become more like me before falling very very close to it. Estoy pagando las que hice, las que pensé hacer y hasta las que no pensé hacer. :D

Really? You werent talking to me, but I always thought that whatever I did to my parents it would come back to me!!:eek:

[zunzune]

Really? You werent talking to me, but I always thought that whatever I did to my parents it would come back to me!!:eek:

I never did it to my mom, and she will be more than I ever was in that aspect. I only thought about stuff, but was too much of a nerd to do things.

[catlady]

To evie and catlady:
She's still hanging on to that apple tree just waiting to become more like me before falling very very close to it. Estoy pagando las que hice, las que pensé hacer y hasta las que no pensé hacer. :D
I was always very curious and rebelious. My mischief had to do with my curiosity and I think I wore my mom ragged when I was little. Later, I was very rebelious and one day, my mom said: Why are you so rebelious? And I said: Because I'm just like you! (Which was true.) With my eldest I thought I'd gotten off scot free...but noooo! My Ara is very rebelious!

[zunzune]

Hello cyberfolks! Who is reading anything new and exciting? I need a good book fix!:eek:

[catlady]

I don't know if I mentioned this book before but I love it and reread it whenever I can: Etica para Amador by fernando saavater. he is a great writer and philosopher and his book is easy to read and very good. I just gave it to my teenager. Then there's "Las Buenas Conciencias" by carlos Fuentes...extremely good book on family secrets and if you like to read plays: Rosalba y los LLavero by Emilio Carballido who just passed away. A truly great Mexican playwright. Most of his plays are funny but make you think about all those little secrets that people hide. "Te Juro Juana que tengo ganas" also by him is hilarious and makes you think. Las batallas en el desierto by José Emilio Pacheco or Morirás Lejos also by him. Now that book like Rayuela by Julio Cortazar, really exercises your mind.
Sorry I didn't think of any American writers. I guess I'm kinda out of touch!

[zunzune]

Catlady, all those titles sound great but it's kind of hard to find all spanish bookstores around here. Unless you count novelitas y cuentos de vaqueros. Ha Ha! I may have to go online to check for those titles. Thank you so much!

[catlady]

OK So get Libro Vaquero number 47...just kidding! Amazon is a good place to look!

[zunzune]

OK So get Libro Vaquero number 47...just kidding! Amazon is a good place to look!

That was funny and I will. Thanks. By the way, do you remember those fotonovelas with guys like Enrique Novi done in black and white? Talk about a way back when moment. My mom's sisters used to read those voraciously before they became prim and proper teachers.

[catlady]

That was funny and I will. Thanks. By the way, do you remember those fotonovelas with guys like Enrique Novi done in black and white? Talk about a way back when moment. My mom's sisters used to read those voraciously before they became prim and proper teachers.
Back in the 80's there was this fotonovela, I think it was either mujer, casos de la Vida Real or Alarma. Anyway, one of the numbers was photographed in a building about two blocks away and it featured one of the Araiza brothers. He was always really nice to the kids who would ask for autographs!
OK Another waaaaaaayyyyyyy back when...do you remember "Leyendas de la Colonia?" I used to sneak them home and read them cover to cover until they became really porn!

[zunzune]

Back in the 80's there was this fotonovela, I think it was either mujer, casos de la Vida Real or Alarma. Anyway, one of the numbers was photographed in a building about two blocks away and it featured one of the Araiza brothers. He was always really nice to the kids who would ask for autographs!
OK Another waaaaaaayyyyyyy back when...do you remember "Leyendas de la Colonia?" I used to sneak them home and read them cover to cover until they became really porn!

I do remember them! I would sneak them and my aunts would get so mad when they found me reading them. My uncle wanted me to read the Atalaya and I ended up sneaking my grandfather's Seleciones. I am sooooooo old. I hire people born in the eighties and can't believe it's even possible they are in their mid-twenties.

[catlady]

I do remember them! I would sneak them and my aunts would get so mad when they found me reading them. My uncle wanted me to read the Atalaya and I ended up sneaking my grandfather's Seleciones. I am sooooooo old. I hire people born in the eighties and can't believe it's even possible they are in their mid-twenties.
I can't believe my oldest is 30! I still feel like I'm 25!

[mena]

I can't believe my oldest is 30! I still feel like I'm 25!How you feel is all that counts.:)

[zunzune]

Jut read Wifey by Judy Blume. OMG:eek: What a hilarious book! It takes place in the late 60''s, early 70's and is just an absolute riot. The things that are so commonplace now were just starting to happen then.

[catlady]

Zunzune have you read Blindness by José Saramago? They have it at Amazon. It is a hard book to get through at times because it can be so crude. I just saw they made a movie of it but frankly...read the book. It will make you think about haumanity for a loooong time!