The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1960-01-22
CHILDREN AND d
Something
For The Teens

mitted to the young reader
and appreciated.
IN THE TEEN BOOKS, as
in any other field of liter
allure, you will find the trite
novel filled with the TOO
TYPICAL teen success form.
ula and bland situations. Your
girls, unfortunately, will fall
for these more readily than
the boys.
KEEP AN EYE on what your
teen is reading. You may get
an insight into what he or
she is thinking and feeling by
examining what they are read
ing.
PERHAPS YOU WILL dis
cover your son reading a book
on some topic as car racing
or another controversial SUBJ
ject. Most authors who ven
ture into this type of book
handle it with careful thought
and your young reader will
more often than not emerge
from the plot having taken
the mature and sensible point
of view.
Below are a few new novels:
THE STAR coNQuERoRS
by Ben Bova, $3.50. This pub
fishing house has become
known by the boys for its
serious science fiction. In the
STAR C~ONQUERORS young
officers of the Star Watch
fight to save their confeder-
alton from further domination
by a centuries old enemy
known only as the Others.
This is well written and has
lots of color and excitement.
The author is an amateur as
tronomer and it shows itself
in the accuracy of his work.
BETWlxT AND BETWEEN
by Gladys Switzer. FolIett,
$3.50.
Years ago teaching in a
rural school also included
living with a different pupils
family each week, young DIV
ia discovered. Being a teach
err at just eighteen she finds
that some of her pupils are
her own age. The young read
er will find romance as she
is courted by the bankers
son, who has been educated
in the East, and an attractive
young doctor. Her biggest
problem is a widower who is
determined to court her also.
ToMAHAWK SHADOW by
Nancy Faulkner. Doubleday,
$2.95.
In the early days of our
land an escaped apprentice
would pay for his life if
caught. Bart wondered if he
would ever be completely free
of this fear, even after he
found sanctuary in Providence
Colony.
THE PERFECT GAME by
jackson SehoIz. Morrow, $2.95.
C1ay's baseball career start
ed with a blaze of glory when
he was picked TO pitch the
final game in the World Ser
les and it became a PERFECT
Unfortunately, there's
only one place to go from
the top when you are a rookie
who is not quite ready.
cHAMPLAlN SUMNER by
Marjorie Vetfer. Funk g. Was-
nails, $2.95.
Fifteen-year-old Kit finds
herself gradually making the
transition from nothing but
sports to parties and some
primping. Her genuine inter
est in the history of the Lake
Champlain area provides the
opportunity of guiding Bates
Cunningham through the
countryside. Most important
of all she learns that growing
up is not a matter of years
alone.
DRAG STRIP by William
Campbell Gauif. Duffon, Sz./9.
A common interest, hot
rods and racing, make it pos
sible for boys of entirely diff
ferent backgrounds and exper-
fence to team up. Racial pref
udice is just one of the things
that makes the boys clash
among themselves. Their one
desire, to turn an old airport
into an approved drag strip,
manages to keep them to-
gether until they resolve their
problems. Lots of car jargon
that the boys are sure to en-
Joy. Believable.