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A while back I remember reading an alternative recommended reading list for secondary school aged children (11-16). It suggested that rather than press the classics on reluctant readers, the most important thing was simply to get them to read. It changed my views - to those I've espoused earlier in the thread in fact.
One of the authors recommended for boys was Guy N Smith. I bought one of his books from the charity bookshop to see if I agreed. I did! Giant mutant crabs, bloody deaths (but only from mankind's enemy) exy-sexy and cliffhanging chapter endings.
I wish I could find the original recommendation - it was really good reading!
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