Getting boys into reading
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Some reading ideas
 | Title: Rhino chasers
Author: Neil Grant Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2002 School's out, but Goog is about to learn three new Rs- relationships, responsibility and revenge- as he and Castro go barrelling across the country in Aldo's old Kingswood. (excerpt from blurb) Call #: A 823.92 G762 J1 1
|  | Title: Indo dreaming
Author: Neil Grant 'Publisher: Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2005 I saw Castro die. A week later, the postcards started. Once a month- Indonesian breaks, steep peaks over sharp coral. All signed: Castro. Goog's best mate Castro vanished into the Southern Ocean, but his body was never found. So Goog flies north, chasing the ghost of his dead friend. (excerpt from blurb) Call #: A 823.92 G762 J2 1 |
 | Title: Milad: the voyage to Ophir
Author: Nazam Anhar Publisher: Gosford, NSW: Scholastic Press, 2008 Call #: A 823.92 N334 J1 1 |  | Title: The Freewheelers series
Author: J.A. Mawter Publisher: Pymble, NSW: Angus & Robertson, 2008 |
 | Title: Inside the cage
Author: Matt Whyman Publisher: London: Simon & Schuster, 2007 College students...teenage hacker...enemy combatant... Under suspicion for a virtual break-in at Fort Knox, 17 year old Carl Hobbes finds himself on a rendition flight for questioning by the US military.(excerpt from blurb) Call #: 823.91 W6292 J2 1 Click on the link to go to Matt Whyman's blog. |
References
 | Title: Boys and books: building a culture of reading around our boys
Author: James Moloney Publisher: Sydney: ANC Books, 2002 Location: Fisher Research Call #: 028.550994 1 A First edition is availabe in Fisher Curriculum. Call #: 028.550994 1 |
Worth reading:
- Laycock D, "Going graphic : using graphic novels to engage boys in school reading."
Access v.21 n.1 p.13-17; March 2007 - Read the text online - looking at the potential for graphic novels to entice boys into reading. |- |}
