I remember when I was a teenager. I didn´t like reading until I learned that reading could also be relaxing, engaging and fun. I remember I first started to like reading because it was my own choice. Not my teachers’. But I have to say, it took a while…
So let´s allow our kids to discover the true value of reading!
Engaging teenagers to read is easier with technology. Technology and apps are already a part of a student’s world. It’s in their comfort zone.
Here is a list of five books that I recommend. Just let them choose the one they must like and start reading!!
1. THE SCHOOL OF GOOD AND EVIL
BY SOMAN CHAINANI
Harry Potter fiends devour this series. Children in this world are taken away to be taught two different ways of life: Good and evil. Sophie is convinced she’ll be brought to the school for Good. Her best friend, Agatha, knows she’ll be in the school for Evil. However, when the time comes for them to be taken away, they find themselves in the opposite schools. It’s a giant world full of epic struggles!
2. THREE DARK CROWNS
BY KENDARE BLAKE
It’s the story of triplets, all with special powers, who must fight for right to be Queen Crowned. Not just fight, but fight-fight, like, to the death.
3. ALL THE BRIGHT PLACES
BY JENNIFER NIVEN
Theodore Finch is determined to end his life. Violet Markey is still reeling from the tragic death of her sister. Together they try to keep their heads above water until they graduate and get out of their suffocating hometown.
4. NOUGHTS AND CROSSES
BY MALORIE BLACKMAN
It’s Romeo & Juliet in the modern day. Sephy is a Cross, part of the elite; dark-skinned and powerful. Callum is a Nought, “colourless” and part of the group that were once slaves to the Crosses.
Noughts and Crosses aren’t supposed to hang out, be friends, or fall in love. With heartache, family disputes and terrorism thrown in the mix, it’s a UK favourite.
5. THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE’S HOUSES
BY BONNIE-SUE HITCHCOCK
1970 Alaska might as well have been Mars for all we know. I had a couple of students read this and watched with glee as they pushed it on every student that came into the library for a period of two weeks. The story of four very different teens trying to survive their home life, their town, and themselves, it’ll make the room seem very dusty all of a sudden.
Por Miss Claudia Ito Endo
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