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From: scorbett1 at aol.com <scorbett1>
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:26:50 -0500
Funny is the preferred genre of my two boys (one 14, one 11). We could write a long list but off the top of my head:
The Schwa Was Here by Neal Schusterman and its new sequel, Antsy Does Time Spud by John Van de Ruit and its sequel, The Madness Continues Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, David Lubar Storky by D.L. Garfinkle Spanking Shakespeare by Jake (I'm forgetting the spelling of his last name) Wizner (I think) Born to Rock, The Juvie 3, heck, pretty much anything by Gordon Korman The Tiffany Aching books by Terry Prachett An Abundance of Katherines, John Green
And even the older one, now taking AP classes at high school, does not consider hiimself too sophisticated for Diary of a Wimpy Kid. They both eagerly await the next installment.
Sue
Sue Corbett www.suecorbett.com
-----Original Message----- From: Kathleen T. Horning <horning at education.wisc.edu> To: CCBC-NET <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 6:08 pm Subject: [CCBC-Net] LOL: Humorous Young Adult Literature
**Think all YA literature these days is grim? While a lot of attention as been given to the challenging topics and serious issues addressed in oung adult literature over the past decade, there have also been some ood laugh-out-loud novels for teens. And even serious subjects can be ixed with a good dose of humor, as we saw last year in Sherman Alexie's Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" or this year in Mayra azara Dole's "Down to the Bone." Of course, what tickles one?s funny bone is highly subjective, so we ant your opinion?what young adult books stand out to you for their umor in recent years? KT
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:26:50 -0500
Funny is the preferred genre of my two boys (one 14, one 11). We could write a long list but off the top of my head:
The Schwa Was Here by Neal Schusterman and its new sequel, Antsy Does Time Spud by John Van de Ruit and its sequel, The Madness Continues Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie, David Lubar Storky by D.L. Garfinkle Spanking Shakespeare by Jake (I'm forgetting the spelling of his last name) Wizner (I think) Born to Rock, The Juvie 3, heck, pretty much anything by Gordon Korman The Tiffany Aching books by Terry Prachett An Abundance of Katherines, John Green
And even the older one, now taking AP classes at high school, does not consider hiimself too sophisticated for Diary of a Wimpy Kid. They both eagerly await the next installment.
Sue
Sue Corbett www.suecorbett.com
-----Original Message----- From: Kathleen T. Horning <horning at education.wisc.edu> To: CCBC-NET <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 6:08 pm Subject: [CCBC-Net] LOL: Humorous Young Adult Literature
**Think all YA literature these days is grim? While a lot of attention as been given to the challenging topics and serious issues addressed in oung adult literature over the past decade, there have also been some ood laugh-out-loud novels for teens. And even serious subjects can be ixed with a good dose of humor, as we saw last year in Sherman Alexie's Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" or this year in Mayra azara Dole's "Down to the Bone." Of course, what tickles one?s funny bone is highly subjective, so we ant your opinion?what young adult books stand out to you for their umor in recent years? KT
-- athleen T. Horning irector ooperative Children's Book Center 290 Helen C. White Hall 00 N. Park St adison, WI 53706 Phone: 608-263-3721 AX: 608-262-4933 horning at education.wisc.edu ttp://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ _______________________________________________ CBC-Net mailing list CBC-Net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu isit this link to read archives or to unsubscribe... ttp://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccbc-netReceived on Tue 04 Nov 2008 05:26:50 AM CST
