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Exploring fiction for teens: what’s out there to grab
the attention of the teenage reader
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed,
and some few to be chewed and digested:
that is, some books are to be read only in parts,
others to be read, but not curiously, and some few
to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
~Francis Bacon ~
Featured books
The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation. Volume 1 The pox party / taken from accounts by his own hand and other sundry sources; collected by M.T. Anderson of Boston.
The book thief / by Markus Zusak.
The 10 pm question / Kate De Goldi.
Scorched bone, Set in Stone, Tribal Ash / Vincent Ford. (Chronicles of Stone).
Little brother / Cory Doctorow.
Jellicoe Road / Melina Marchetta.
Sunrise over Fallujah / Walter Dean Myers.
The Graveyard Book / Neil Gaiman.
What I saw and how I lied / by Judy Blundell.
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie.
Gone / Michael Grant.
Niu voices/Wellington, N.Z.: Huia Publishers.
Dreamboat Dad / Alan Duff.
The bone tiki / David Hair.
Writing the Pacific/Edited by Jen Webb and Kavita Nandan (anthology of poetry and stories)
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