The problem is that most novels aimed specifically for 11 to 20 year old readers recently are
NOT catering to male readers. Three of the best known older children/young adult novels in recent years--the
Hunger Games trilogy, the
Divergent trilogy, and the
Twilight series--are aimed more specifically at
female readers of the ages I mentioned.
J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series was kind of unique not only because of the great and complex storytelling, but the fact the novels appealed to both male and female readers (readers of both genders wer not ashamed to be fans of Rowling's novels).
There are the classics. This whining is girly and a failure of parents to do some basic research.
I loved to read as a kid. But video games were more fun.
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04/21/2014 10:32:33 AM PDT by
rmlew
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