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Choose a book that
has a subject that you are interested in and that will be interesting to
teens. Subjects that interest them haven’t changed, at least since the time
of Shakespeare – humor and horror, sex and love, murder and magic, friendship
and betrayal, and problems they deal with in their everyday lives (school,
family breakup, violence, dating, illness, divorce, etc). Romances, mysteries, horror, popular authors, and books with great covers are
typical good bets. REMEMBER, you want them to sit up and listen!
If you have trouble finding an interesting good book, try the following resources:
ask your
contemporaries, use Amazon or
Barnes and Noble websites, library
publications
such as School Library Journal or VOYA, the
YALSA website and their
booklists for teens. Use older lists too.
Quick Picks are a great
resource for the
younger adult.
Go to one of the
many booktalking websites like this one (do a google search on "booktalking"),
find a booktalk that engages your curiosity and try it. Remember, you don't
have to finish the book if it isn't interesting. |
