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Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:24:33 2010 No.784952 [Reply] [Original]

Alright /lit/, lets do this. YA books you like, and why.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:25:33 2010 No.784958 The Uglies books. They're not awful and the world is engrossing.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:26:33 2010 No.784964 YA books are shit, and you shouldn't read them unless your 12 or younger.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:27:33 2010 No.784970 File: 233 KB, 500x751, 1rof81.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>784964 >your

Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:34:33 2010 No.784999

>>784958
The main character (can't for the life of me remember her name) was a bit annoying, I found myself questioning why she was making the choices she was.
But you have the whole world thing correct, the concept was fucking interesting. That's why I liked the 4th book the best.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:35:33 2010 No.785005 Just recently read "Feed" after seeing a thread on /lit/ about it. I thought it was rather good and I enjoyed reading it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:41:33 2010 No.785035 His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman. Obvious reasons. Also to a lesser extent The Aberhorsen Trilogy, by Garth Nix, for similar reasons.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:47:33 2010 No.785062 What's feed about?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:51:33 2010 No.785085 >>785005 Fuck yes, feed.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:52:33 2010 No.785091 John Green (only read one, seems like he repeats the same story) His Dark Materials The Hunger Games

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:53:33 2010 No.785094 >>785062 People getting stupid because they have this thing called the feed where they basically can look up anything and they are also bombarded with ads that lead them towards consumerism.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 13 23:54:33 2010 No.785099 Robert Cormier, bitches.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 00:03:33 2010 No.785124 Unwind. I cried like a bitch at the ending.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 00:05:33 2010 No.785134 >>785094 I will look that up, it seems interesting enough.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 00:07:33 2010 No.785143 The Dark Is Rising sequence, and the novels of John Bellairs. Both are intelligent, excellently written fiction for young adults. Seriously, both authors are first-rate writers who happen to have been writing YA stuff.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 00:08:33 2010 No.785149 His Dark Materials Percy Jackson and the Olympians Harry Potter Abhorsen Trilogy

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 00:09:33 2010 No.785151 I recently finished the roar, the story was good, and it had a female character I didn't hate.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 00:11:33 2010 No.785158 Abarat. Damn, clive barker can paint. Also, book three fucking where?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 01:06:33 2010 No.785377 >>785134 It's actually a lot more interesting than it sounds. I recommend "Feed" highly.

Anonymous Mon Jun 14 01:08:33 2010 No.785382
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The only books that I read that would qualify as YA are Japanese light novels. My favorite is Twelve Kingdoms, and it's mostly about politics and war, so I don't think too many teens would even enjoy it.

Anonymous Mon Jun 14 01:09:33 2010 No.785385

Percy Jackson and the Olympians was identical in story to Harry Potter (The first one at least, I haven't read the other 3 Percy Jackson Novels).
Think about it.

Average kid.
Finds out he has special powers.
Goes to school/camp for people like him.
Participates in sports and activities for kids like him.
Has fun.
Goes to vanquish evil antagonist.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 01:13:33 2010 No.785392 >>785385 Yeah. I actually liked it better, though. I'm uncertain why.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 06:49:11 2010 No.786134 >>785385 I think I liked percy as a character a little more then harry. He was less of a whiner, and he actually got shit done a couple of times. Plus there were some mythology in jokes that were funny.

>>	Stagolee !0Pey/QLK3E Mon Jun 14 06:51:56 2010 No.786138 LOOKING FOR ALASKA BECAUSE FUCK YOU

Croaker !!DDgOIlOdqYI Mon Jun 14 06:53:44 2010 No.786142

It's true that I only read Howl's Moving Castle because of Ghibli but I was really surprised to discover what an enjoyable book it is (sooooo much better than the film). House of Many Ways by the same author was also good.

I thought I was on to something with DWJ but then I read the first two Chrestomanci novels and they were bad to terrible.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 06:54:47 2010 No.786144 The last apprentice series,not to be confused with the rangers apprentice. Some parts are actually pretty scary.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 06:57:14 2010 No.786151 >>786142 Oh man, I thought I was the only one. I loved the book. I also read the crestomanci world stuff and house of many ways, I like the way she writes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 14 06:59:41 2010 No.786158 Comic books. /thread

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