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FROM: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG>
REC'D: 2/24/00, 2:04 PM

Greetings,

I have a patron interested in doing research on how to make
heroines in young adult literature more appealing to
adolescent male readers. This is going to be subjective and
"fuzzy" I realize, but does anyone have any suggestions on
current (and older) ya titles with heroines that would
appeal to male readers?

Thanks! Beth

Beth Blanton-Kent
Education Library
Reference Library Assistant
[removed]@virginia.edu
(804) 924-7039

FROM: "Kathy Loucks" <[removed]@cml.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/24/00, 2:54 PM

Tamora Pierce's fantasy series SONG OF THE LIONESS features a girl masquerading as a boy in order to train to become a knight.

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <[removed]@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 2/24/00, 3:11 PM

Well, you did say subjective...

I would recommend Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Crusader by Edward Bloor
Lois Duncan's books especially Killing Mr. Griffin and Don't Look Behind You

HTH,
Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, AZ

....views are my own....
>>> [removed]@nslsilus.ORG 02/24/00 14:04 PM >>>
Greetings,

I have a patron interested in doing research on how to make
heroines in young adult literature more appealing to
adolescent male readers. This is going to be subjective and
"fuzzy" I realize, but does anyone have any suggestions on
current (and older) ya titles with heroines that would
appeal to male readers?

Thanks! Beth

Beth Blanton-Kent
Education Library
Reference Library Assistant
[removed]@virginia.edu
(804) 924-7039

FROM: "aaron smith" <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/24/00, 3:13 PM

Katherine Paterson's protagonist in _Jacob have I loved_ is quite
accessible to adolescent boys, perhaps because the principle issues at
hand are not gender differences, but feelings of inadequacy and about
being an outcast.

Good luck! This is an interesting project ...

Aaron

FROM: "Deb Warner" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/24/00, 4:11 PM

FROM: "Vicki Novak - LIBRARYX" <[removed]@MAIL.MARICOPA.GOV>
REC'D: 2/24/00, 6:18 PM

Try The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman.

Vicki Novak
North Central Regional Library
Maricopa County Library District
17811 N. 32nd St.
Phoenix, AZ 85032-1201

[removed]@mail.maricopa.gov

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>>> [removed]@nslsilus.ORG 02/24/00 14:04 PM >>>
Greetings,

I have a patron interested in doing research on how to make
heroines in young adult literature more appealing to
adolescent male readers. This is going to be subjective and
"fuzzy" I realize, but does anyone have any suggestions on
current (and older) ya titles with heroines that would
appeal to male readers?

Thanks! Beth

Beth Blanton-Kent
Education Library
Reference Library Assistant
[removed]@virginia.edu
(804) 924-7039

FROM: <[removed]@aol.com>
REC'D: 2/25/00, 1:04 AM

And then there's Mulan - another tale of a girl masquerading as a boy.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/27/00, 1:54 PM

>From: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@nslsilus.ORG>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>Subject: heroines and boys (fwd)
>Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 14:09:05 -0600
>
>Greetings,
>
>I have a patron interested in doing research on how to make
>heroines in young adult literature more appealing to
>adolescent male readers. This is going to be subjective and
>"fuzzy" I realize, but does anyone have any suggestions on
>current (and older) ya titles with heroines that would
>appeal to male readers?
>
>Thanks! Beth
>
>
>
>Beth Blanton-Kent
>Education Library
>Reference Library Assistant
[removed]@virginia.edu
>(804) 924-7039
>

I'm not sure if her books are considered YA, but I would think any of
Mercedes Lackey's fantasy tales would fill the bill. I'm thinking
particularly of the Valdemar series, which include the Mage Wars Trilogy,
Vows & Honor Trilogy, By the Sword, Heralds of Valdemar Trilogy, Last Herald
Mage Trilogy, Mage Winds Trilogy, and Mage Storms Trilogy. To date, 19
books. Many of the main characters are strong, competent young women--the
kind a boy might like to be pals with because they don't *demand.*

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