The Boys' Bookshelf

An interesting venture coming out of England. A story in the Guardian notes: "The education secretary, Alan Johnson, who yesterday launched his campaign for the Labour party's deputy leadership, announced this morning that every state secondary school in England will be able to choose 20 of the titles in order to set up a dedicated "boys' bookshelf" in the library. The list, which was drawn up by librarians from the School Library Association, is dominated by high-octane adventure stories which it is expected will appeal to the 11-to-14 age group. It is during these years that boys who were enthusiastic readers at primary school tend to put down their books and forget to pick them up again."
Here's the list. It's an interesting list and I was pleased to see Endymion Spring by fellow former UofA-er Matthew Skelton.