Reading Young Adult Book Reviews

By Marlene Blevins


Your children love to read but you don't quite know where to look for information about or summaries of teen reading materials. The best place to look is at young adult book reviews either online or in publications. This will help you locate exactly the reading materials you are looking for just for that special young person in your life.

If you are seeking reading materials, reviews help you decide if the novel featured is something you would choose for your child to read. They are a great way to narrow down your choices and to explore new and interesting works by both established and new authors.

It will save time and dollars when choosing these for the teens in your class or household. You do not want to spend money for the work and then have the hardcover or paperback just lay there unopened and unread until it is stored on a shelf somewhere.

You know your teen better than anyone so read the papers and magazines to help you choose the best novels and nonfiction for this age group. Decide on the genre of the work you are seeking. It could be science fiction, fantasy, futuristic, drama or even a mystery. Online searches are even more effective because the internet has so much more information for customers of various types of reading materials.

A book review will begin with some type of introduction. It may discuss the author and his background as well as why the work was written. There may be lists of works by the same writer. The genre should also be revealed at this point as well as the style of writing used. The work may be compared to that of other writers. Some of this information could also appear at the end of the article as well.

A summary of the main content will be provided. The author's style as well of the genre of the writing should be apparent at the beginning. Other elements that may be introduced could include the main characters, the story line and the progression of the writing. No ending should be given in fiction work articles as it would spoil it for future readers. If this is not a work that the parent is interested in, he or she may stop reading at that time and move on to the next one.

But those who are intrigued or know that it is something that their teen will enjoy will continue reading the article to help make a final decision as to whether to purchase it or not. The language and violence in the work may be thoroughly evaluated. If a parent is undecided, she may jot down or make an article copy for future use.

Looking for these works in magazines, newspapers, and online will help readers assist teens in expanding their horizons by introducing them to newer, more current novels and nonfiction as well as classical and more well known writers. They will provide a guide for purchasing future books by the very same author if the teen reading it really enjoys the story and the writing style.




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