Books for Boys Answerman Mature Readers
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| Below are books recommended for Answerman at the Mature Readers reading level. |
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | A Million Shades of Gray |
| Author | Cynthia Kadohata |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • Asian culture • danger • elephants • journeys • mature readers • older readers • responsibility • risk • traditions • Vietnam War • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
You are about to enter the world of South Vietnam just as the American War is ending. Y'Tin's father has helped the Americans on several missions and now there is...
Books » Science Fiction
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| Title | A Wrinkle in Time |
| Author | Madeleine L'Engle |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • being different • being yourself • books that make a difference • character • classic • family • fathers • identity • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked City of Ember • journeys • mature readers • middle readers • older readers • science fiction • society • space • struggle • time travel • values • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
"You were a star once, weren't you?" Charles Wallace asks Mrs. Whatsit and that line alone will give you the sense that this book takes you to a new place....
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | An American Plague The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 |
| Author | Jim Murphy |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • disasters • diseases • Newbery Honor • non-fiction • yellow fever • Answerman |
In 1793, Philadelphia was reeling from an epidemic of yellow fever. At the same time George Washington was in the early years of developing our government and establishing policies to...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | Boys, Bears, and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots |
| Author | Abby McDonald |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • adventure • character • consequences • environment • finding yourself • friendship • If You Liked Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants • mature readers • outdoors • relationships • standing up for yourself • travel • understanding others • vacations • very mature readers • Belonger/Connector • Answerman |
Jenna is a Green Teen for environmental awareness at her high school, so when she can choose between spending the summer in the Canadian woods with her godmother Susie...
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | Caring For Myself |
| Author | Christy Gast and Jane Krug |
| Illustrator | Kotoe Laackman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • acceptance • accepting others • autism • being yourself • differences • doctor • getting along • helping others • how things work • information • mature reader • mature readers • middle reader • middle readers • non-fiction • older readers • teeth • Answerman |
Children with autistic spectrum disorder have a difficult time dealing with daily routine activities. But, when given pictures or allowed to play the activity, some struggles may be eased. This...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Chains |
| Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • American Revolution • coming of age • discrimination • historical fiction • prejudice • self-reliance • slavery • struggle • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman • If You Liked Across FIve Aprils |
We’ve all had the units in school where they talk about the economic, social and political impact of slavery in the history of the U.S. This story is a look...
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice |
| Author | Phillipp Hoose |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • African American • American history • being yourself • beliefs • biography • change • Civil Rights • courage • discrimination • inspiration • mature readers • Newbery Honor • older readers • self-confidence • self-reliance • standing up for yourself • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Elementary school children know the name of Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat on a bus and is revered for her courage in leading the resistance of...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Copper Sun |
| Author | Sharon M. Draper |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • Africa • African American • bravery • change • choices • courage • friendship • grief • helping others • identity • If You Liked Sharon Draper • If You Liked Walter Dean Myers • journeys • mature reader • mature readers • prejudice • racism • risk • running away • self-esteem • slavery • struggle • Survival • violence • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
This is the powerful tale of the journey of an African girl, Amari, from her home and everything she knows and holds dear to a new world and a new...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Day of the Assassins (A Jack Christie Novel) |
| Author | Johnny O'Brien |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • choices • courage • danger • espionage • fathers/sons • historical fiction • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • intrigue • risk • suspense • time travel • war • World War I • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
"The soldier looked down at him, steadied his boots in the mud, and with a grunt, pushed the steel hard into Jack's neck." Thank goodness it was only Point of...
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | Different Croaks for Different Folks |
| Author | Midori Ochiai and translated by Esther Sanders |
| Illustrator | Hiroko Fujiwara |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • differences • Answerman |
Children come in all sizes and shapes and with many developmental needs. Some need help processing letter shapes and sounds. Some need help understanding interactions with other childrens. They need...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Door of No Return, The |
| Author | Sarah Mussi |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • Africa • African • bravery • cooperation • English history • finding yourself • foster child • foster family • grandfather • history • journeys • kings • manhood • mistakes • power of positive thinking • reluctant reader • self-reliance • slavery • treasure • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Set in England and Ghana, this story ofadventure and mystery is narrated by Zach Baxter after the death of hisgrandfather, the founder of a club for older African...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Eyes of the Emperor |
| Author | Graham Salisbury |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • American history • books that make a difference • courage • discrimination • experiments • fiction • historical fiction • If You Liked Hunger Games • Japanese-American • multicultural • prejudice • racial differences • racism • war • World War II • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Eddie Okubo enlists in the US Army at the age of 17, just days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His Japanese-American heritage will lead him into a strange...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Fallen Angels |
| Author | Walter Dean Myers |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • adventure • African American • American history • books that make a difference • character • choices • discrimination • fiction • historical fiction • mature readers • prejudice • racism • reluctant reader • Vietnam War • war • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
This is a powerful story of black soldiers serving in Vietnam. What circumstances led them to choose to fight in this war? What have they left behind, and what have...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Fool's Girl, The |
| Author | Celia Rees |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • authors • city living • coming of age • courage • danger • English history • England • espionage • friendship • girl power • growing up • historical fiction • identity • journeys • kings • leadership • mature readers • older readers • overcoming obstacles • pirates • queens • rivalry • self-reliance • Shakespeare • special gifts • stealing • teamwork • theater • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Young Violetta is a duchess of Illyria whose enemies will pursue her to the death.But if she and Feste, royal Fool and jester, can rescue the holy relics stolen...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | For the Win |
| Author | Cory Doctorow |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • child labor • China • coming of age • competition • computer games • computers • conflict • consequences • cyberspace • economics • expectations • finding your voice • finding yourself • freedom • friends • friendship • girl power • greed • growing up • If You Liked Alex Rider • India • intrigue • labor unions • making a difference • mature issues • mature readers • multicultural • overcoming obstacles • perseverance • persistence • politics • prejudice • relationships • role-models • self-reliance • standing up for yourself • suspense • teamwork • teens • travel • video games • violence • women's rights • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Playing games online all day, every day sounds like fun, doesn’t it? But for young people packed into smoky internet cafes in Singapore, Shenzen, and Mumbai, it’s a matter of...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Genesis Alpha |
| Author | Rune Michaels |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • experiments • If You Liked Hunger Games • if you Liked Stuck in Neutral • mature readers • medicine • murder • older readers • science • siblings • suspense • suspense thriller • values • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Science, medicine, ethical questions, and the age-old struggle of good vs. evil collide in the debut novel by Rune Michaels. Josh worships his older brother Max. He...
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Godless |
| Author | Pete Hautman |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • fiction • growing up • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • If You Liked Among the Hidden • If You Liked Tangerine • mature readers • religion • Answerman |
Fifteen-year-old Jason has decided to start his own religion: "chutengodianism" is the name, and worshipping the town water tower is the game. A few friends join with him: Henry, a...
Books » Non-Fiction
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| Title | Heroes Trail: A Guide for a Heroic Life |
| Author | T.A. Barron |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • books that make a difference • bravery • character • choices • courage • great read aloud • helping others • heroes • mature readers • middle reader • non-fiction • older reader • stories that make a difference • values • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Are you frustrated that your child doesn't seem to have anyone in the public eye to look up to or to want to emulate? Do you have this sense that...
Books » Science Fiction
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| Title | House of the Scorpion |
| Author | Nancy Farmer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • cloning • danger • ethics • experiments • identity • If You Liked A Wrinkle in Time • mature readers • National Book Award • Newbery Honor • older readers • risk • science fiction • values • Answerman |
Fast forward into the future and into a world where a billionaire has found a way to stay alive to age 143. How does he do it? Why is Matt...
Books » Science Fiction
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| Title | Inside Out |
| Author | Maria V. Snyder |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • beliefs • change • courage • danger • dystopian • If You Liked Hunger Games • mature readers • older readers • risk • romance • science fiction • self-reliance • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
Snyder's first foray into the young adult market is a satisfying read from start to finish. Trella is a scrub, one of the nameless, faceless masses who perform the endless...
