Books for Young Adults

[Jacob]

Oh, I realised I haven't posted here before. (the person who posted a lot of reviews did some hard work!)

The FAYZ series, by Michael Grant is very good. (Set in Perdido Beach)

In the first book, Gone, the characters are introduced. People over the age of fifteen disappear. There isn't any internet connection. Mutants appear. Also, people develop strange powers. The "FAYZ" appears, as an inpenetrable wall, shaped of a dome. Gangs form.

It's a really creative mix of sci-fi, adventure, action, probably mystery, romance and horror. There are four books in the series that are out and two more planned.

I've heard of Michael Grant, but not of the FAYZ series. Is it any good?

[Aileenhu]

Yea, I liked it. Not sure you would though...

Oh, I realised I haven't posted here before. (the person who posted a lot of reviews did some hard work!)

The FAYZ series, by Michael Grant is very good. (Set in Perdido Beach)

In the first book, Gone, the characters are introduced. People over the age of fifteen disappear. There isn't any internet connection. Mutants appear. Also, people develop strange powers. The "FAYZ" appears, as an inpenetrable wall, shaped of a dome. Gangs form.

It's a really creative mix of sci-fi, adventure, action, probably mystery, romance and horror. There are four books in the series that are out and two more planned.

I've heard of Michael Grant, but not of the FAYZ series. Is it any good?

[M.R. Lynch]

Waiting for the Barbarians by J. M. Coetzee is an excellently written book that makes you want to read it from beginning to end. The book starts with the main character living in a peaceful town on the outskirts of the empire. The main character falls in love with a barbarian captive and frees her. Because the main Character freed the Barbarian women he is thrown in jail and is tortured with the rest of the Barbarian captives. J. M. Coetzee does a wonderful job of describing all the emotions of the characters without making the dialogue difficult to understand. It is amazing how Coetzee can put together simple words and still be able to describe things in such depth. Coetzee use of metaphors to describe the torturing of the characters really showed how great of a writer he is. I recommend Waiting for the Barbarians to young and old because it is easy to read, but is still very meaningful and deep.

[Denysaputra]

wow. i thik really enjoyed!

[Evapohler]

I don't agree that Water for Elephants would be a suitable novel for young adults (remember the masturbating midget?). I also don't agree that Girl with the Dragon Tattoo would be suitable for young adults because of the sexual sado-masochist scene near the end.

I would recommend Copper Sun (a great story about a white girl and a black girl living in America during slavery), Kira-Kira (story about ethnic American family trying to make it in the fifties), and The Giver (about a dystopian society showing the importance of history and diversity), and, of course, the Harry Potter series and His Dark Materials trilogy (both awesome fantasies).