100 Melhores Romances de Sempre para Jovens Adultos ou Melhor Ficção Juvenil pela NPR Books.
O site da NPR Books publicou o resultados das votações para os 100 melhores Romances para Jovens Adultos ou Literatura Juvenil de uma lista total de 235 finalistas. Grande parte são de Ficção Científica e Fantasia, e a lista inclui alguns livros que desconhecia serem considerados para jovens; outros que já são clássicos recorrentes da literatura juvenil.
Fiquei surpreendida não ver mais títulos dos clássicos de aventuras. Destaque para The Call of the Wild de Jack London, Tresure Island de Robert Louis Stevenson e Lord of the Flies de William Gibson. Séries como The Earthsea Quartet de Ursula Le Guin ou His Dark Materials de Philip Pullman mereciam mais destaque. Será que Dune de Farnk Herbert, Flowers for Algernon de Daniel Keyes ou Fahrenheit 452 de Ray Bradbury podem ser considerados literatura juvenil? Destaque ainda para John Green que consegue colocar quatro romances no top 25, este sim, escreve livros para jovens adultos.
No Top 10, destaque para os grandes sucessos, a série Harry Potter (que só podia estar em primeiro lugar) de J. K. Rowling e as trilogias O Senhor dos Anéis de J. R. R. Tolkien e Os Jogos da Fome de Suzanne Collins. Como grande fã de fantasia que sou, o pódio seria destas três séries, mas colocaria The Catcher in the Rye logo em quarto, por ser absolutamente genial, pela sua controversia, por representar muito do confuso mundo dos adolescentes que estão a entrar na idade adulta, pela desilusão do jovem Holden para com a falsidade da vida adulta e pela sua solidão e alienação em relação ao mundo que o rodeia. Não é por acaso que esta obra aparece sempre nas listas dos melhores livros a nível mundial. Nota ainda para Fahrenheit 452 de Ray Bradbury que tem cada vez ganho mais leitores e para To kill a Mockingbird de Harper Lee, livro muito reconhecido e que representa um realidade bastante dura numa determinada época da história dos Estados Unidos.
Lista do Top 10
10. The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
A Rapariga que Roubava Livros (Editorial Presença)
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel — a young German girl whose book-stealing and storytelling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
09. Looking For Alasca, John Green
À Procura de Alasca (Edições Asa)
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
08. Fahrenheit 452, Ray Bradbury
Fahrenheit 452 (Europa-América)
In a far future world, television dominates, and books are outlawed. The totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be burned by "firemen," whose job is to start the fires rather than stop them. But one fireman begins to see the value of the printed word.
07. The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien
A Trilogia O Senhor dos Anéis (Europa-América)
Tolkien's seminal three-volume epic chronicles the War of the Ring, in which Frodo the hobbit and his companions set out to destroy the evil Ring of Power and restore peace to Middle-earth. The beloved trilogy still casts a long shadow, having established some of the most familiar and enduring tropes in fantasy literature.
06. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
À Espera no Centeio (Quetzal)
With the author's death, the classic novel about young Holden Caulfield's disillusionment with the adult world and its "phoniness" will only rise in popularity — and controversy, since it is a favorite target of censors, who often cite profanity and sexual references in their efforts to ban the book.
05. The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien
O Hobbit (Europa-América)
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
04. The Fault in our Stars, John Green
A Culpa é das Estrelas (Edições Asa)
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few more years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
03. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Mataram a Cotovia (Relógio d'Água)
This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from author Harper Lee explores racial tensions in the fictional "tired old town" of Maycomb, Ala., through the eyes of 6-year-old Scout Finch. As her lawyer father, Atticus, defends a black man accused of rape, Scout and her friends learn about the unjust treatment of African-Americans — and their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley.
02. Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
A Trilogia Os Jogos da Fome (Editorial Presença)
In the ruins of a future North America, a young girl is picked to leave her impoverished district and travel to the decadent Capitol for a battle to the death in the savage Hunger Games. But for Katniss Everdeen, winning the Games only puts her deeper in danger as the strict social order of Panem begins to unravel.
01. Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling
A série Harry Potter (Editorial Presença)
The adventures of Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, and his wand-wielding friends at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry, Ron and Hermione must master their craft and battle the machinations of the evil wizard Voldemort and his Death Eaters.
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