Get Those Guys Reading! - Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love

Want to identify fiction books that boys in grades three through nine will find irresistible? This guide reveals dozens of worthwhile recommendations in categories ranging from adventure stories and sports novels to horror, humorous, and science fiction books.

In Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love, authors Kathleen A. Baxter and Marcia A. Kochel provide compelling and current reading suggestions for younger boys-information that educators, librarians, and parents alike are desperate for.

Comprising titles that are almost all well-reviewed in at least one major professional journal, or that are such big hits with kids that they've received the "stamp of approval" from the most important reviewers, this book will be invaluable to anyone whose goal is to help boys develop a healthy enthusiasm for reading. It includes chapters on adventure books; animal stories; graphic novels; historical fiction; humorous books; mystery, horror, and suspense titles; science fiction and fantasy; and sports novels. Within each chapter, the selections are further divided into books for younger readers (grades 3-6) and titles for older boys in grades 5-8. Elementary and middle school librarians and teachers, public librarians, Title One teachers, and parents of boys in grades 3-9 will all benefit greatly from having this book at hand.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1-Action, Adventure, and Spy Books
Younger Guys
Author Spotlight: Gordon Korman
Older Guys
Chapter 2-Animal Stories
Younger Guys
Author Spotlight: Patrick Jennings
Older Guys
Chapter 3-Graphic Novels
Younger Guys
Author Spotlight: Michael Dahl
Older Guys
Chapter 4-Historical Fiction
Younger Guys
Older Guys
Author Spotlight: Roland Smith
Chapter 5-Humor
Younger Guys
Author Spotlight: Tom Angleberger
Author Spotlight: David Lubar
Older Guys
Chapter 6-Mystery, Suspense, and Horror Books
Younger Guys
Older Guys
Author Spotlight: Chris Grabenstein
Chapter 7-Realistic Fiction
Younger Guys
Older Guys
Author Spotlight: Jordan Sonnenblick
Chapter 8-Science Fiction and Fantasy
Younger Guys
Older Guys
Author Spotlight: James Dashner
Chapter 9-Sports Books
Younger Guys
Author Spotlight: Tim Green
Author Spotlight: Dan Gutman
Older Guys
Acknowledgments
Author Index
Title Index

About the author

Kathleen A. Baxter, Marcia Agness Kochel

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen A. Baxter, Baxter Kathleen A., Marcia Agness Kochel, Kochel Marcia Agness
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2012
• EAN: 9781598848465
• ISBN: 978-1-59884-846-5
• No. of pages: 228
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: 90 bw illus
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Politics and government, Children's & Teenage Book Reviews & Guides, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general