Active Users:336 Time:11/04/2025 01:22:21 AM
Try Newbery award ones? nossy Send a noteboard - 14/11/2010 10:34:08 PM
We are having a hard time finding books for my son, so I thought I'd pick a few brains here. He is reading way above his grade level, so his school library has really nothing to offer him.

The biggest problem I run into is that if the material is advanced enough to challenge him it is frequently also more...mature than he is ready for. This is not me protecting or sheltering him, I've tried to broaden what he reads before and things will scare him or make him uncomfortable. For example, he quit reading Harry Potter at the lake of Inferi.

Any suggestions are helpful. The latest series he enjoyed were Percy Jackson and Alcatraz. He's open to more styles, I just lean towards Fantasy myself.

Thanks everyone!


They would at least be a good balance between age appropriateness and higher reading level. There are quite a few that I liked in this list.
link
Reply to message
Suggestions for my 11 year old son? - 12/11/2010 03:52:29 PM 1400 Views
Hm. Some ideas... - 12/11/2010 04:31:35 PM 1076 Views
I second this entire reply. All these are excellent choices. *NM* - 17/11/2010 11:12:34 PM 487 Views
Three Musketeers! - 12/11/2010 04:38:17 PM 1043 Views
The Artemis Fowl books - 12/11/2010 04:55:29 PM 934 Views
Except - 12/11/2010 06:35:57 PM 995 Views
Seconded. I still think those are great. *NM* - 14/11/2010 10:21:15 AM 458 Views
Except - 14/11/2010 10:23:30 AM 1046 Views
I, to be the voice of dissent, hated them. *NM* - 14/11/2010 10:27:21 PM 628 Views
What about adventure books? - 12/11/2010 06:46:00 PM 1116 Views
And Jules Verne! - 12/11/2010 07:31:29 PM 1108 Views
Susan Beth Pfeffer is good - 12/11/2010 07:18:22 PM 1102 Views
S.E. Hinton? - 12/11/2010 10:20:25 PM 1102 Views
Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull *NM* - 12/11/2010 11:05:43 PM 640 Views
The Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. - 12/11/2010 11:55:10 PM 1141 Views
Yes. This is what I read at that age and loved it. Also Harry Harrison. *NM* - 15/11/2010 04:02:10 PM 468 Views
wasn't there a lot of adult content in Harry Harrison? *NM* - 15/11/2010 05:05:30 PM 479 Views
Really? Maybe violence. - 16/11/2010 03:27:24 PM 1000 Views
some people don't like their pre-pubescent children reading about sex - 16/11/2010 08:19:45 PM 949 Views
How about the Redwall series by Brian Jacques? - 13/11/2010 01:04:38 AM 973 Views
Oh, yes yes yes! This! - 13/11/2010 07:48:02 AM 927 Views
Definitely!! - 14/11/2010 10:54:41 PM 965 Views
very good suggestion. *NM* - 13/11/2010 06:30:02 PM 490 Views
I could never really get into those. - 18/11/2010 11:16:17 PM 1066 Views
Thanks for all the suggestions guys! - 13/11/2010 03:34:01 AM 1001 Views
Also, late suggestion - Skulduggery Pleasant! *NM* - 13/11/2010 01:19:09 PM 485 Views
Don't forget The Dark Is Rising series. *NM* - 13/11/2010 07:06:43 PM 509 Views
Listen to Craig. He is wise in the ways of quality. *NM* - 15/11/2010 04:55:05 AM 493 Views
Try Newbery award ones? - 14/11/2010 10:34:08 PM 1007 Views
ones I like - 16/11/2010 02:05:11 AM 932 Views
Aww, nostalgia - 16/11/2010 02:29:16 AM 866 Views
Wait a minute. DID NOBODY MENTION A WRINKLE IN TIME?! *NM* - 15/11/2010 04:56:41 AM 483 Views
I DID! - 15/11/2010 02:43:26 PM 930 Views
It was one of the very few books on the Newbery list that I actually recognized. *NM* - 15/11/2010 03:05:30 PM 474 Views
Really? I suppose I should go through there and highlight those I actually like. *NM* - 15/11/2010 03:58:49 PM 455 Views
Yeah, I guess most of the children's books I read weren't American. - 15/11/2010 04:30:46 PM 997 Views
Probably. - 15/11/2010 11:07:15 PM 997 Views
Huh. - 16/11/2010 01:55:50 AM 907 Views
Or the whole series, for that matter. - 18/11/2010 11:17:19 PM 991 Views
Also, if he reads above his age... - 15/11/2010 04:19:41 PM 1007 Views
The Solitaire Mystery is far better. And Through a Glass, Darkly. - 15/11/2010 04:33:45 PM 860 Views
Yes. - 15/11/2010 04:36:59 PM 1058 Views
He might like Un Lun Dun by China MiƩville. *NM* - 15/11/2010 05:11:21 PM 466 Views
The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin. - 18/11/2010 11:19:16 PM 1003 Views
Wow! That brings back memories. - 19/11/2010 05:17:53 AM 928 Views
Z for Zachariah by Robert O'Brien - 19/11/2010 05:19:01 AM 994 Views

Reply to Message