Book requests...
Aug. 18th, 2007 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sildilSince I will be starting my new job as Learning Resources Manager (Librarian!) at a local High School in a couple of weeks, I am slowly building up a list of 'must have' books for the school library.
It's very well stocked already but I HAVE A BUDGET! I will be able to fill in some gaps which will be very nice indeed especially in terms of graphic novels and possibly even some manga. When I asked the retiring librarian (who was actually VERY good and 'up to date' in fact, mostly) about graphic novels she said 'oh you mean 'manga'? We had one of those once but it went missing.'
Now, one of the things I think that DOES encourage reluctant teens to read, especially lads, ARE graphic novels and comics. One of the first on my wish list will be 'Neverwhere' by Neil Gaiman, simply because the story is so damn good, and as always with his writing, so literate. I am not so sure of the Sandman series, because although they are my personal utter and complete favourites, they ARE very graphic in parts and I need to tread carefully with regard to which books I do have on the shelves, since the youngest kids are 13.
Personally I think that kids can read anything they can get their hands on and don't agree with any form of censorship of literature, but to have something failry sexually explicit in visual terms on the school library shelves would be a definite no-no.
I may well go through my own Sandman library again (oh the pain I will suffer!) and pick out a couple from the series that could go on the shelves as then it's up to the kids to go and find the others once they are interested. '1602' is also a brilliant book of his which I will probably get.
Anyway, bearing the above restrictions in mind, I am asking all of you for any particular recommendations of manga, graphic novels and books for teens or young adults that are definite 'must haves'.
Thank you!!!
It's very well stocked already but I HAVE A BUDGET! I will be able to fill in some gaps which will be very nice indeed especially in terms of graphic novels and possibly even some manga. When I asked the retiring librarian (who was actually VERY good and 'up to date' in fact, mostly) about graphic novels she said 'oh you mean 'manga'? We had one of those once but it went missing.'
Now, one of the things I think that DOES encourage reluctant teens to read, especially lads, ARE graphic novels and comics. One of the first on my wish list will be 'Neverwhere' by Neil Gaiman, simply because the story is so damn good, and as always with his writing, so literate. I am not so sure of the Sandman series, because although they are my personal utter and complete favourites, they ARE very graphic in parts and I need to tread carefully with regard to which books I do have on the shelves, since the youngest kids are 13.
Personally I think that kids can read anything they can get their hands on and don't agree with any form of censorship of literature, but to have something failry sexually explicit in visual terms on the school library shelves would be a definite no-no.
I may well go through my own Sandman library again (oh the pain I will suffer!) and pick out a couple from the series that could go on the shelves as then it's up to the kids to go and find the others once they are interested. '1602' is also a brilliant book of his which I will probably get.
Anyway, bearing the above restrictions in mind, I am asking all of you for any particular recommendations of manga, graphic novels and books for teens or young adults that are definite 'must haves'.
Thank you!!!
