Today April 2 International Children's and Youth Book Day is celebrated, a perfect date to remember how important it is for children and adolescents to incorporate reading into their lives. Most young people find it difficult to read for pleasure, perhaps because reading has always been mistakenly associated with school. When something is an obligation, it naturally turns into something palatable, especially in adolescence.
For teenagers to learn to read books for pleasure, it is important to offer them readings that have something that can hook them. Maybe a theme related to your favorite themes, biographies of your musical artists, science or any topic that catches their attention. Without forcing, without turning reading into one more task of the many they already have at school.
If you choose the titles well, you get involved in reading with your children, asking them what they are reading and even allowing them to choose their books themselves, you will be able to hook the teenagers to reading, even the most reluctant to read.
Teen Books
In this selection you will find some of the best known and most widely read classics, those books that can not be missing in any library. But also the most current novels and books for adolescents, with options and themes for all tastes.
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
Although it is better known as a movie, one of those adventure classics that cannot be missed on an afternoon of family cinema, the book is even more exciting. If your teenage children have not seen the movie better, because that way their imagination can recreate the fantastic characters and scenes that abound in the Neverending Story. In addition to fantasy and adventure, the book deals with something as important as bullying.
The Bombay Buccaneer (Satyajit Ray)
An adventure in the purest style of the well-known Sherlok Holmes, a journey through the culture and customs of India. This novel is full of investigations, humor, imagination and adventures around a country as huge, enigmatic and unknown to teenagers as India.
Something so Simple Trilogy (Blue Jeans)
Blue Jeans is the pseudonym of the author of the works of the saga Something so simple, aimed at teenagers and which has already hooked millions of young readers in Spain. In these books you can find very real characters, with very real experiences, situations and conversations. Something essential to get the young reader hooked, something that undoubtedly works with these books for teenagers.
The Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank)
This incredible journey through the life of a young woman in a very difficult time in history, is undoubtedly a title that cannot be missing from any teenager's library. A book recommended for young people over 14 or 15 years old, since it is still about a real story, with very hard experiences and stories that can impress children.
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Jules Verne)
In addition to being one of the most important youth classics in history, Journey to the Center of the Earth is still an essential title that will change the life and vision of any reader. An exciting adventure full of prehistoric animals, remote places and incredible experiences that any young person would love to live.
Fear of dogs that have told me that they do not bite (Javier García Rodriguez)
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This book narrates, like poetry, the day to day of a teenager. A beautiful novel full of color, images, quotes and messages that will catch any young reader, especially those who show a sensitivity and passion for romance. An ideal book to introduce adolescent boys and girls into poetry and the beauty of meter.
These are just some examples of books that will surely hook the most complex readers, teenagers. That in the middle of the hormonal transition, they look for their place in the world, their hobbies and passions that no longer have anything to do with childhood.