Looking for some great books for young adults?

Recently I was lucky enough to attend a talk given by James Patterson, a well known young adult author. He is very passionate about young adults finding books which will inspire them to be life long readers. He firmly believes that it is the job of all us who have contact with young adults to encourage reading. Now you might be thinking he is an author who just wants to sell his books and of course he is going to encourage reading and in particular his books. As I listened to Mr. Patterson, I was struck by his depth of emotion as he described the importance of reading. Of course, it does not hurt that he has a sixth grade son who really was not a reader until he was given a few books which were just right for him. We all know that there is that so called "perfect book" out there for everyone, but the hard part is sometimes finding it. Mr. Patterson is helping us to find those books for our young adults through his web site readkiddoread which provides a wide selection of recommendations based on age. There is a multitude of great information and book recommendations to be found on the site, take a look and see what you think.