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That is interesting, just because I don't think it's the young boys under the age of 15 who are reading these books. I've read The Life of Pi and The Curious Incident..., but usually are drawn to books that have characters I can relate to more than I can a tween boy.
Both of the aforementioned books were fantastic though.
Both of the aforementioned books were fantastic though.
Well, considering your list spans over fifteen years in four books and contains only one book published in the last year, I'm not sure it's really a trend...
illegalamigo said:
Those books are great but I wouldn't exactly call it a trend. It just happens that a few of the better books out there involve young male protagonists. I don't think the actual percentage of stories with teenage main characters has increased overall.
illegalamigo said:
Wow, I can't think of a single reason why this might be so. Can you, Hermione? How about you, Ron? Professor Dumbledore said it was just a coincidence.
arkady said:
I don't really see it as much of a trend, certainly not one which is inspired by Harry Potter. I suspect Harry Potter has done something to help the sales of things like the Artemis Fowl series, or the Spiderwick series...but then there are things like A Series of Unfortunate Events which would've done just as well by themselves, thanks to Daniel Handler.
In order for it to be a really active trend at all, you'd need a significant increase in the number of young-male-protagonists in the past few years. I haven't seen it, really.
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Um. Well I think books tend to be about young men in general. It is overwhelming in fantasy and common in mainstream, literary and historical.
If it's a trend, it's been happening forever. There is a very long list of books with such young protagonists.
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