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» Carol331 - Is 12 the new 18?

What are your thoughts on books being published for the 9 to 13 year old? What are your kids reading?

-- posted by Carol331

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» islandstyle - Is 12 the new 18?

In response to Is 12 the new 18? posted by Carol331:

My son, age 11, is reading a Megan Whalen Turner
book called The Thief. I picked it out for him. We were in the aiport when I realized that he didn't have anything to read for our vacation. It was one of the only books available in qp for his reading level. We are reading it together and are about a third of the way through. It has kept his interest and he seems to enjoy the story but, it may have more to do with the fact that I read to him at night even though
he is perfectly capable. As far as distractions, I say turn off the tv,computer &ipod and sit down and read with your tweens. They still love it. Pink may be the new black but, 12 is not the new 18. Islandstyle

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» newswriting - A Perfect Mitzvah Gift Book--time travel novel set in Kiev

A novel written for children aged 12-15 published by ASJA Press is titled
A Perfect Mitzvah Book. It's a novel set in 10th century Kiev and is a time-travel adventure novel with characters mostly aged 13-15. Another similar book is Roman Justice SPQR, also with 15-year old characters who time travel. The novel is set in 150 BCE, in the days of the Roman Republic of Cato the Elder and the Carthaginians. The paperback book is listed at Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com and most online booksellers. A trilogy also is Problem Solving and Cat Tales for the Holidays, for this age group. Paperback, iUniverse, inc. is the publisher.

Enjoy. With several grandchildren in the age 12-17 age categories, they favor these types of adventure time travel novels. These books are listed at http://www.newswriting.net

A.H. (retired literature and writing educator)

newswriting

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» Carol331 - Is 12 the new 18?-- UPDATE!

In response to Is 12 the new 18? posted by islandstyle:

Since my piece and mention of the Baby-sitters' Club, I have been hearing that The Baby-Sitters Club has been published now as a Graphic novel, published by Graphix. If anyone has additional information on this, do tell!

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» Kimberly Dawn Wells - Quality of tween books

I don't have kids but I remember being one. When I was that age I was reading Ray Bradbury and a lot of biographies, though, so I can't exactly identify with the same interests. I rarely see teens reading books anymore. If anything, it's a magazine.

Kimberly Dawn
The NEW Editing and Publishing Topic Editor
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» brokenpencil - reading matter

My daughter has just turned twelve and is an avid reader. A year or so ago, she was very much into the Babysitter Club books and Saddle Club. She has read all of the Harry Potter books and also the Artemis Fowl series. Being Australian, I got her to read Teen Power Inc - a series by Emily Rodda. Basically, she will read just about anything that she can get her hands on! lol.

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