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=**The Reso Novels by Ambrose Conway (David Hughes)**=

The two Reso novels, The Reso (2007) and Beyond the Reso (2009) were written as rites of passage books designed to appeal to teenage boy readers who are so often lost to fiction in the teenage years.

The Reso is set in Wales in the 1960s and concerns the development of David, who lives in a poor and generally despised area of town know as the Reso. The Reso is short for Reservation as the rest of the town considers the inhabitants of the Reso as uncivilised savages. Nevertheless, David grows up with the twin moral codes of the Reso and his family and sometimes needs to tread a very fine line between the two codes. The themes of the Reso are universal, played out in every young child's life across the globe.

Beyond the Reso moves the action forward to the 1970s and David is now a teenager, making his way in the world. He has moved off the Reso but the community and moral code still draw him back. He now has to deal with the universal themes of love, learning and finding a job and a place in the world.

Resolution, the third novel in the trilogy, is due to be published late 2011 and will take David into adulthood and a new set of challenges.

The idea of conflict, and how you resolve it, is a constant theme in the novels, as is truth and lies and living by an acceptable moral code.

The books are either read as an individual text, or as a class reader.

Reso Online Resources
One reason I believe that teenage boys do not engage with fiction is that either the subject matter or the format of books does not generally appeal to them.

In terms of subject matter, the content of the books had been rehearsed in the classroom over a decade so I was reasonably confident that I had stories which would engage teenagers. The format of the book is episodic, with short chapters which can be used as stand alone texts in the classroom. This means that a chapter and follow up discussion can be developed within a single lesson period.

To ensure that readers were engaged beyond the text, I developed a series of online resources and lesson plans for teachers. These are related to the English National Curriculum,but teachers can amend them to the requirementsof their own country. Indeed, I'd be happy to hear from teachers who wish me to work with them to develop the texts further and provide more online resources.

The resources can be found here: [|www.the-reso.co.uk]

Reso in the News
I am available for online interviews. A collection of interviews can be found here:

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Facebook under David Hughes Ambrose Conway

Magic Studio Reso Sketch Map of Rhyl

Buying the Books

The books can be ordered from any online bookstore. Here are the Amazon Links.

The Reso and Beyond the Reso

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If anyone wanted a class set of thirty I may be able to negotiate a discount with the publisher.

Email me for any more details: educationalist04@aol.com

Best wishes,

David