My books get a mention in a poll conducted by A&C Black, which apparently asked 100,000 teenagers what they REALLY like to read!

A poll of 100,000 11-16 year olds by publishers A&C Black aims to shed some light on what teenagers really do read.

Forget Paradise Lost and Don Quixote, teenagers prefer to secretly pore over glamour model Jordan’s autobiography and the Kama Sutra, according to a story in the Daily Mail.

Parents may also be alarmed to discover their children are reading How to Cope with Your Parents and Melvin Burgess’ controversial novel for teenagers about heroin addiction, Junk, according to the paper.

This is A&C Black's Ultimate Teen Book Guide, as published in the Daily Mail:

The books that children cannot put down
Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
Alex Rider series – Anthony Horowitz
A Series of Unfortunate Events – Lemony Snicket
The Lord of the Rings trilogy – JRR Tolkien
The Saga of Darren Shan series – Darren Shan
His Dark Materials trilogy – Philip Pullman
The Diamond Girls – Jacqueline Wilson
A Child Called ‘It’ – Dave Pelzer
Girl 15, Charming but Insane – Sue Limb
Holes – Louis Sachar


… And the ones they hide from their parents
Angus, Thongs and Full-frontal Snogging – Louise Rennison
Girls in Love – Jacqueline Wilson
A Child Called ‘It’ – Dave Pelzer
Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen Fielding
Junk – Melvin Burgess
Coping with Parents – Peter Corey
Kama Sutra – Sage Vatsyayana
Bumface – Morris Gleitzman
Forever – Judy Blume
Being Jordan – Katie Price


Is this cause for alarm...?

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