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Blog with suggestions/reviews of books which might be interesting to boy readers

Website created by author James Patterson who found that his own son did not like reading. Dedicated to books boys will like.

David Brooks on how schools are misunderstanding boys. some interesting observations from a non-teacher

"How should one react to a book that ostensibly seeks to inform while it so blatantly distorts? If it is meant as a way of understanding what actually happened -- and indeed for many students it will be the definitive and perhaps only Holocaust account to which they will be exposed -- how will its inaccuracies affect the way in which readers will remain oblivious to the most important moral message we are to discover in the holocaust's aftermath?"

someone was looking at holocaust literature - this is interesting.

Ekphrasic Poetry Idea

Welcome to the Guys Read Virtual Vault of Good Books. This is the place to come if you're looking for something to get a guy reading. We've collected recommendations from teachers, librarians, booksellers, publishers, parents, and guys themselves. These are the books that guys have said they like. We've gathered and grouped them to make them easier to find. So check out the categories below or type something-a title, an author, or a subject you're interested in-over there on the left.