Mauri

Mauri asked Jessica Day George:

I am having trouble finding good books for my 16 year old son to read. He loves to read, which means he has read a lot of books. My problem with most teen books is that that have too much bad language and sex for me to be comfortable in giving them to him. I made the mistake once of not pre-reading a book and he came to me and said he couldn't finish the book because there was a f-bomb in it. Any suggestions?

Jessica Day George Hmmm. Yep, it's hard. I would go for a lot of the "old school" fantasy and sci fi, personally. My son loves The Hobbit, we just both read (reread, for me) The Dark is Rising, Lord of the Rings, The Shannara books by Terry Brooks. My son is now super into The Martian- The Classroom Edition. Make sure it's the classroom edition! Andy Weir took the F's out so they could use it in schools.

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How do you decide on names for your characters? (Specifically thinking of Creel.) Thinking of names is one thing, but how do you decide?

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A Goodreads user asked Jessica Day George:

I'm reading Sun And Moon, Ice And Snow. I've heard the original tale but I don't remember it very well and I was wondering if it was your idea to not name her or if that's just the way it's supposed to be (like how Rapunzel is supposed to be Rapunzel)? Also, I wanted to say that you're basically my favorite present-day author. I haven't read all of your books yet but I've loved what I have and I want to read more!

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A Goodreads user asked Jessica Day George:

oh? quite a posse of kids you have

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