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FROM: "Lesa Holstine" <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 12/8/99, 2:36 PM

Don't you hate it when someone asks you a readers'
advisory question, and then says, but I don't have
time today, I have an appointment. And even worse,
when it's not really the patron, but his mother?

OK - here's the question. The 16 year old boy likes
mysteries, but has only read the Hardy Boys and Nancy
Drew. He also likes true stories about cops. This is
all I know because the mother had to leave. I tried
Earl Emerson, but she didn't like that. She said her
son doesn't like baseball, so there went Troy Soos.
What would you suggest for a 16 year old boy? Thanks.

Lesa Holstine
Ft. Myers, FL
[removed]@yahoo.com

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FROM: "Beth McGraw-Wagner" <[removed]@bcpl.net>
REC'D: 12/8/99, 4:43 PM

Jay Bennett's mysteries are fast paced and exciting.

FROM: "Ridgefield Library Fiction Room" <[removed]@biblio.org>
REC'D: 12/9/99, 3:47 PM

My absolute first choice would be Tony Hillerman -- not too much explicit
violence, no sex but an occasional non-sappy love interest, tons of cool
stuff about Native American culture. There are two series protagonists, the
younger of whom (Jim Chee) is always having some sort of an identity crisis
which might strike a chord with a 16-year-old.

Dick Francis has a little more descriptive violence and a wee touch more sex
(but not much), but would still be a good choice.
Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Reader's Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
Ridgefield, CT
[removed]@biblio.org

FROM: "Marsha Valance " <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 12/10/99, 8:12 AM

Each year VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) publishes a list of the year's best adult mysteries for young adults--it appears in the current issue.
In addition to Hillerman, who is excellent, I would recommend the humorous spy stories of Manning Coles--no sex, no strong language, and any violence present is tongue-in-cheek.


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <[removed]@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> "Ridgefield Library Fiction Room" <[removed]@biblio.org> 12/09 3:55 PM >>>
My absolute first choice would be Tony Hillerman -- not too much explicit
violence, no sex but an occasional non-sappy love interest, tons of cool
stuff about Native American culture. There are two series protagonists, the
younger of whom (Jim Chee) is always having some sort of an identity crisis
which might strike a chord with a 16-year-old.

Dick Francis has a little more descriptive violence and a wee touch more sex
(but not much), but would still be a good choice.
Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Reader's Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
Ridgefield, CT
[removed]@biblio.org

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