Thursday, September 4, 2014

Reading Young Adult Book Reviews For Your Teen

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.

These reviews will help in your decision of whether the material is something your teen would like or a work that you would select for him. They are an easy method to help narrow down choices and explore interesting and new materials by both well-known and new writers.

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.

Your teen's interests are known to you better than anyone else so it is up to you to utilize any resources to assist you. First you must decide on the type or genre of the work you are seeking. You can choose from romance, fantasy, science fiction, drama and futuristic novels or you may be seeking a nonfiction work on space travel or cars. Using online searches may give you much more information because of the availability of resources.

A review that has caught your interest may have a very interesting introduction. It may discuss the author's writing style as well as the genre of that particular work. Writings by the same author may be mentioned. The genre may be revealed as well as the writing style or format used. The author may be compared, favorably or unfavorably, to other writers. Some of this vital information may also be revealed at the end of the article.

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 anyone who is interested in the article and what it is trying to illustrate will continue to read it to help them make an informed decision of whether to purchase the work or not. The reader will have the means to evaluate any bad language or violent subject matter portrayed. If a teacher or parent is undecided as to whether or not to buy the work, they can always make a copy of the article or jot down the pertinent information.

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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