From the age of 12 boys develop a great interest in adventures and detective stories.
Here you will find books for young adults with a lot of tension for growing men.
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At the age of twelve, boys discover an interest in adventures and exciting detective stories.
But the challenges of their generation are also important.
While youth books for girls * are more about love, drama and adulthood,
youth books for boys from the age of twelve are about tension, adventure and action
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Superheroes do not always play the main role, outsiders often also determine what happens.
Boys put themselves in the shoes of the respective people and cheer with them.
Of course, the blatant outsiders also become real winners at the end of each story and can assert themselves against prejudice and discrimination.
The young readers learn a lot and can take away a lot.
In this article, we present five books for young people for boys aged twelve and over.
You will see: it doesn't always have to be the classic books for young people.
By the way: books for young people are a perfect Easter present.
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Young people's books for boys from 12: "The hunt for the mysterious cylinder seal"
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The hunt for the mysterious cylinder seal by Karim Pieritz.
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The hunt for the mysterious cylinder seal |
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author |
Karim Pieritz |
price |
14.95 euros (hardcover book) |
Reading age |
12-15 years |
Available as |
Kindle, paperback, hardcover |
"The Hunt for the Mysterious Cylinder Seal"
is a series of young people's books for cool boys from the age of twelve.
Karim Pieritz's books for young people are aimed at teenagers between the ages of 12 and 14 who are reluctant to exchange their cell phones for a book.
Especially "lazy boys" are motivated to read by the exciting and funny books.
The adventures lead the young heroes into extremely dangerous, but also absurdly comical situations; they have to overcome the limits of space and time in order to save the world.
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Young people's books for boys from 12: "Building shit: very good"
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"Building shit: very good" by Tobias Steinfeld
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title |
Fuck up: very good |
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author |
Tobias Steinfeld |
price |
12.00 euros (paperback) |
Reading age |
12-15 years |
Available as |
Kindle, paperback |
Paul is lazy - and proud of it.
Because he still somehow makes it through high school.
Now is the trial internship in the special school.
So that means changing drool bibs and wiping bums all day.
But Paul doesn't feel like that at all.
When mistaken for the new student Per, he decides to take on the role.
But what if it is discovered?
There
is also no one for shit at the special school, right?
An incredibly funny novel for all fans of “Fack ju Göhte”.
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Young people's books for boys from 12: "The Haven - In the Underground"
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"The Haven - In the Underground" by Simon Lelic.
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The Haven - In the underground |
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author |
Simon Lelic |
price |
9.95 euros (paperback) |
Reading age |
12-14 years |
Available as |
Kindle, paperback |
It is hidden under the streets of London: The Haven.
A secret
haven for refugee children, street kids and orphans
- Ollie is one of them.
His life was perfectly normal, but suddenly he is part of this secret underground organization.
He and the team have to find the son of the notorious gang boss Danny Hunter within 24 hours.
If not, one of them must die.
A tumultuous race against time begins, but the closer Ollie and his friends get to their goal, the more they realize that a far greater threat awaits them ...
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Young people's books for boys from 12: "Daniel is different"
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"Daniel is different" by Wesley King.
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Daniel is different |
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author |
Wesley King |
price |
17.00 euros (hardcover book) |
Reading age |
12-15 years |
Available as |
Audiobook, paperback, hardcover, audio CD |
“Just don't attract attention” is Daniel's motto
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He just wants to be a normal 13-year-old.
For this reason, he hopes all the time that nobody notices his strange habits - neither his family nor his best friend Max and certainly not his dream woman Raya.
Suddenly he receives a mysterious message and he can no longer hide so easily.
Because the unknown other star child needs his help and Daniel's life suddenly turns into a real thriller.
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Youth books for boys from 12: "Simpel"
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“Simpel” by Marie-Aude Murail.
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title |
Simple |
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Author |
Marie-Aude Murail |
price |
8.99 euros (paperback) |
Reading age |
12 years and older |
Available as |
Kindle, paperback, audio CD |
Everyone is stupid here!
Simpel can count very quickly: 7, 9, 12, B, one thousand, one hundred.
He is 22 years old, but mentally on the level of a three-year-old child
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His brother Colbert takes care of him - no easy task at all.
When the two of them move into a shared apartment together, things get turbulent, because simple to look after is anything but simple.
Marie-Aude Murail tells this touching story with loving humor - in the end nobody wants to be simple anymore.
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