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Recommendations? - Young Reader/Teen Fiction w/no religion, magic, or romance
- Thread starter ELF88
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Hi, ELF88! It has been a while since I've read anything without any of those elements, but I think these will work.
Other members, let me know if I'm right!
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
.....I guess those are better for younger readers though, so I see your dilemma....will think & search some more.
Other members, let me know if I'm right!
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
.....I guess those are better for younger readers though, so I see your dilemma....will think & search some more.
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - I haven't read this, but don't get the impression it has anything romantic and I think it's purely science fiction and not magic. Does anyone know?
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - I haven't read this, but don't get the impression it has anything romantic and I think it's purely science fiction and not magic. Does anyone know?
SuperReaderGirl,
Thank you so much for your help, it's certainly a start and big help!
You're welcome!
I also just thought of Julie of the Wolves. And have you looked at the I Survived series? The books are all based on historical events, though I have no knowledge of whether there may be juvenile romantic attachments.
I also just thought of Julie of the Wolves. And have you looked at the I Survived series? The books are all based on historical events, though I have no knowledge of whether there may be juvenile romantic attachments.
DATo
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I am not into si-fi but read Ender's Game at the suggestion of a coworker whose opinion I trusted several years ago. The premise involves the training of children to be future battle commanders in an ongoing war with an alien race. The last battle occurred about 70 years before the setting of the book. The Earth won the battle by the skin of its teeth and the commander of the forces at that time is now involved with the training of the children. It is clearly understood that the war is not over and that another attack will someday take place, thus the training of generations of potential battle commanders which are specially selected from traits they display in their earliest years which fit the model of the perfect military leader.
I don't want to introduce spoilers but I will only say that the book's climax contained a "Hey Boo" moment which blew my face off. I didn't see it coming and it was so surprising that it actually made me gasp, put the book down, and walk around the room a few times before continuing to read.
I recommend it ... HELL YES!!!
So, "Hey Boo" as in romantic type "my boo"?...or like "Boo!" "Woah, that was really surprising."?
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DATo
Active Member
Nopie .... by "Hey Boo moment" I was referring to a literary cliche' which has entered the lexicon referencing the moment that Scout Finch realizes that the strange man standing in the corner in the book To Kill A Mockingbird is Boo Radley. For many readers (including this one) Scout's pronouncement of "Hey, Boo!" (i.e. "Hello, Boo") at that precise moment in the book was the most profound literary punch to the gut of their entire reading experience. SInce then what is called "the Hey Boo moment" of a book is when a totally profound surprise is revealed. There is one such moment in Ender's Game which, for me, made the entire book worth reading.
Oh.
That makes more sense. It has been a VERY long time since I read To Kill a Mockingbird and that instance of "Boo" was so far from my mind that it didn't even occur to me. May need a re-read..... 