[CASL-L] books for a high school boy

[Janice Pellegrino]

Hi Katie -

Some of my younger and/or reluctant reader high school boys still love the
Rick Riordan books that they used to read in elementary and middle school,
so I bought all of his series (the original Percy Jackson titles and then
the offshoots like the Kane Chronicles, Magnus Chase, Heroes of Olympus).
I'm also noticing that the freshmen and sophomores are just a little young
to have been part of the whole Harry Potter craze so that series is new to
them.

I still get a bunch of boys liking the Mike Lupica and Carl Deuker sports
books. My reluctant readers still really like Lockdown: Escape From Furnace
by Alexander Smith and Ashfall by Mike Mullin.

On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Tietjen, Katherine <
ktietjen at easthamptonct.org> wrote:

> I have a sophomore who struggles to find books he enjoys. I’ve tried
> offering him a wide variety of titles and genres (including some of my
> usual reluctant reader go-to regular novels, graphic novels, hi-lows,
> etc.). He expressed frustration recently and told me he just wants to like
> a book again like he did when he was little L, which kind of broke my
> heart—he mentioned fond memories of reading Magic Treehouse and the Lunch
> Lady series. I’m going to order a few Wimpy Kids, which I personally love
> but don’t currently have in my collection. Any ideas for other titles or
> series I could try with him?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Katie
>
>
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> Katie Tietjen
>
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Joseph A. Foran High School
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