sadiegirl Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 anyone have some suggestions for boys on books? my boys loved the Anybody series by N.E. Bode How to Eat Fried Worms all the Gary Paulson books Peter and the Starcatcher series Kensuke's Kingdom(anything by that author) Where the Red Fern Grows The Great Turkey Walk they love humor/old time stories...it is becoming increasing difficult to find books for middle/highschool age that fits in this category. Found a book called The Old Man and the Boy that my oldest son loves about a granddad and grandson...outdoor hunting and fishing stories...anything like that he loves? thanks for suggestions as I usually order books for readers to show them on first day of school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anissa Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Have you tried the Rangers Apprentice series by John Flanagan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 The Marrin books are great for that age. They are non-fiction, but very well-written. I think that the books about Stalin and Hitler are especially well-done. Hopefully they have already read TLOTR! If not, there is nothing better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriMI Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 I most often recommend the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. There is the 1000 Good Books List that you could google. You might too, try searching these boards for more ideas for this oft-repeated topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennW in SoCal Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 (edited) James Herriot books: All Creatures Great and Small and etc (non-fiction about a country vet in Yorkshire in the 30s and 40s. Lots of horse stories and dogs and cats and terrific characters.) Jack London books: White Fang and Call of the Wild Brian Jacques: Redwall series and the other sea-faring series (I can't think of the titles right now...) Robert Heinlein's novellas that were originally published in Boy's Life Magazine in the 50s: Have Space Suit will Travel, The Rolling Stones, Citizen of the Galaxy Watership Down Sherlock Holmes stories and Hound of the Baskervilles Naomi Novik His Majesty's Dragon series -- historical fiction with dragons -- it's actually quite good! Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathon Stroud (an all time favorite of my ds when he was 13/14) My Family and Other Animals by Gerrald Durrell (memoir of a naturalist's idyllic childhood) Kenneth Oppel has some fun titles as well for young adults My younger ds loved non-fiction at this age. Neil DeGrasse Tyson has some wonderful books on astrophysics, such as Death By Black Hole and The Pluto Files (on Pluto losing it's planetary classification). Michio Kaku's physicis titles, Temple Grandin's books such as Animals Make Us Human are also good reads. Edited July 12, 2010 by JennW in SoCal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 My DS has really enjoyed Jules Verne's books this summer. There's humor and adventure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohru Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Books by Terry Hatchet Chronicles of Darkness series by Michelle Paver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 (edited) What about Old Yeller? Fred Gipson has more titles, if you can find them. The Little Britches series The Sign of the Beaver The Little House books Hank the Cowdog series is hilarious!!!! Jim Kjelgaard's dog stories, i.e. Big Red, Irish Red, Outlaw Red Some Canadian authors my ds has enjoyed: some of Farley Mowat's writing: Owls in the Family; Lost in the Barrens and its sequel The Curse of the Viking Grave Roderick Haig-Brown wrote a boys' book Starbuck Valley Winter Anything by Andy Russell, particularly Trails of a Wilderness Wanderer Paul St. Pierre wrote a boys' book Boss of the Namko Drive (B.C. author - not sure how widely this would circulate) Edited July 13, 2010 by KathyBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyBC Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Have you tried the Rangers Apprentice series by John Flanagan? I second these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicalTwins Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 http://www.excellenceinwriting.com/files/TB-Resources_0.pdf This list is called Books for Boys and Children who would rather build forts all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 My Side of the Mountain (and sequels) Summer of the Monkeys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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