Between my daughter (now 17) and my son (now 15), I feel like I have spent 15-18% of my life finding books for them. Re: my daughter, The Summer I Turned Pretty and the sequels would be very dog-eared if she read physical books vs the Kindle. She feel in love with Taylor Jenkins Reid after we listened to the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo on a drive down to Santa Barbara. Not exactly YA but... :)
My son loves Brandon Sanderson. Series like Skyward and Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians are more for the younger crowd, and the Mistborn trilogy is an absolute fantasy classic. He also really liked all of the Jade War books by Fonda Lee, though I would say probably better for late middle school / high school. The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown was also a big hit and something he'll go back and re-read.
Anyhoo, I could do this all day! I love your newsletters. Thanks for making the time to write them.
You're so kind to say, Kyra. Your daughter sounds right up my alley, that's the kind of stuff i read as a teenager (and still do, whatever that says to me.)
GREAT tips from your son! I feel like so much YA is geared toward girls. I might check some of those out too.
My favorite book as a teen was The Grounding of Group Six. I think I may have my copy with the original cover in a bin somewhere and I must look for it. It too is out of print. You can get it off of Amazon but not with the original cover. Talk about feral unsupervised urchins… terrible premise I can’t believe I read.
I too have been to PEI and Anne’s “house.” Funny story: was on a family vacation, back in the early 90’s. Dad had his giant camcorder. We went there on a LONG family road trip because my mom and I wanted to go for Anne. We have on a video tape somewhere my dad zooming in on the plaque in front of the house and saying “What? She wasn’t even a real person?!” Side note: PEI is magical, and we ended up staying longer than planned.
I love everything about this post! I have not read any of these, but I can say that my teen daughter read and loved The Inheritance Games. Also, I have been to PEI with my mom and daughters - all Anne fans - and you two are in for a treat!!
Between my daughter (now 17) and my son (now 15), I feel like I have spent 15-18% of my life finding books for them. Re: my daughter, The Summer I Turned Pretty and the sequels would be very dog-eared if she read physical books vs the Kindle. She feel in love with Taylor Jenkins Reid after we listened to the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo on a drive down to Santa Barbara. Not exactly YA but... :)
My son loves Brandon Sanderson. Series like Skyward and Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians are more for the younger crowd, and the Mistborn trilogy is an absolute fantasy classic. He also really liked all of the Jade War books by Fonda Lee, though I would say probably better for late middle school / high school. The Red Rising series by Pierce Brown was also a big hit and something he'll go back and re-read.
Anyhoo, I could do this all day! I love your newsletters. Thanks for making the time to write them.
You're so kind to say, Kyra. Your daughter sounds right up my alley, that's the kind of stuff i read as a teenager (and still do, whatever that says to me.)
GREAT tips from your son! I feel like so much YA is geared toward girls. I might check some of those out too.
My favorite book as a teen was The Grounding of Group Six. I think I may have my copy with the original cover in a bin somewhere and I must look for it. It too is out of print. You can get it off of Amazon but not with the original cover. Talk about feral unsupervised urchins… terrible premise I can’t believe I read.
I too have been to PEI and Anne’s “house.” Funny story: was on a family vacation, back in the early 90’s. Dad had his giant camcorder. We went there on a LONG family road trip because my mom and I wanted to go for Anne. We have on a video tape somewhere my dad zooming in on the plaque in front of the house and saying “What? She wasn’t even a real person?!” Side note: PEI is magical, and we ended up staying longer than planned.
Lol omg your poor father. The rug fully pulled out!
The grounding of group six absolutely sounds like something I would have read. Say what you want about Gen x, we leaned into the darkness!
I love everything about this post! I have not read any of these, but I can say that my teen daughter read and loved The Inheritance Games. Also, I have been to PEI with my mom and daughters - all Anne fans - and you two are in for a treat!!
Apparently The Inheritance Games are the absolute thing with teen girls, I had no idea! I’m so glad to hear all of this!!