This guide offers ratings for sex, violence, language (including religious misuse), and themes for the reviewed teen (Young Adult) books. It also places books into genres (most books have numerous) and shares comparisons each book might have with other teen books currently sold. Lastly, it offers discussion topics which fit with the themes and premise of the book for parents who are homeschooling.
Some of the books included in this issue are the Divergent trilogy, the Hunger Games trilogy, the Mortal Instruments series, Ender's Game, the Gallagher Girls series, and others -- filling all the main sub-genres of teen books (adventure, thriller, dystopian, contemporary, romance, historical, paranormal, urban fantasy, and fantasy). Also, with the exception of Ender's Game, all the books (series and trilogies, as well) covered here were published within the last five years.
Some of the books included in this issue are the Divergent trilogy, the Hunger Games trilogy, the Mortal Instruments series, Ender's Game, the Gallagher Girls series, and others -- filling all the main sub-genres of teen books (adventure, thriller, dystopian, contemporary, romance, historical, paranormal, urban fantasy, and fantasy). Also, with the exception of Ender's Game, all the books (series and trilogies, as well) covered here were published within the last five years.
