Again, this book was another one of those lucky finds as I wandered around in the library: a book of short stories for reluctant readers, and a book about things boys think and wonder about written just for boys (many of whom are reluctant readers). The title story, by Sean Taylor, is probably my favorite, …read more…
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My Dad’s A Punk edited by Tony Bradman
Published on: 18 June 2011 by Ken
Categorized under: Book Review, Books for Guys, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Intermediate Literature, Short Stories, Teaching Issues, YA Literature • Tagged with: Alan Gibbons, Andrew Daddo, brothers, Daniel, Daniel Weitzman, Ehrenhaft, Farrukh Dhondy, fathers, Francis McCrickard, friends, Joseph Wallace, musicians, Ron Koertge, Sean Taylor, Simon Cheshire, sons, swimming, Terence Blacker, Tim Wynne-Jones
Every Man for Himself: Ten Short Stories About Being a Guy edited by Nancy Mercado
I don’t know how I missed this one, but I did. And I’m a bit upset about that, because there are some fine stories in here. I warmed to this book from the very beginning, because Nancy Mercado tells us …what these stories are not. They are not stories about your voice changing, learning how …read more…
Published on: 16 August 2010 by Ken
Categorized under: African-American, Book Review, Books for Guys, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy & Science Fiction, GLBTQ, Graphic Novel/Story, Intermediate Literature, Jewish-American, Multicultural Literature, YA Literature • Tagged with: absent fathers, adolescence, alcoholism, anthology, authentic, Bar Mitzvah, basketball, boys, brothers, bullies, Christmas, coming of age, courage, Craig Thompson, crime, crushes, dance, dancers, dating, David Levithan, David Lubar, drug abuse, Edward Averett, family, fathers, fear, gay, girls, graphic, guns, guys, heroes, interracial, intimidation, Jewish, Jews, masculinity, Mo Willems, mothers, New York City, Paul Acampora, pigs, platonic, prejudice, prom, puberty, punk, relationships, René Saldaña Jr., romance, Ron Koertge, rural, skateboarders, sons, stepmothers, stereotypes, Terry Trueman, urban, voice, Walter Dean Myers