Moxie Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 My 9yo hates school. In an effort to change his opinion, I've decided to re-commit to doing read-alouds with him. Give me all your exciting-for-a-boy books, please!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occasionally Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 If you haven't done any Jules Verne, like Around the World in Eighty Days, each chapter ends with a cliffhanger--my two oldest really enjoyed that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Sea of Trolls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Tharp Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Fangbone series Amulet series Origami Yoda series The Secret Science Alliance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Off the top of my head read-alouds enjoyed last year by ds at 9: My Side of the Mountain Redwall From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil e. Franweiler books he read and loved- Artemis Fowl Warrior Cats (and other series by Erin Hunter) Mysterious Benedict Society (and rest of series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Gregor the Overlander (The Underland chronicles) remains unmatched in this house (we did the first as a read aloud and he read the rest) One he read on his own and loved was Holes. And Hatchet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieCotton Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Where the Red Fern Grows was awesome for us last year. ! They begged me to read more everyday. But I had to take a 2 day break at the end to get up the courage to read the end aloud after I peeked ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Seconding the Gregor the Overlander series. So good. Hatchet or My Side of the Mountain are other good adventure stories. Seconding From the Mixed Up Files, also a great hit here. I'll also add Holes, which is so good. If you want to go funny, I'll suggest Dead End in Norvelt or Fake Mustache (someone suggested Angleberger's Origami Yoda books up thread, but those were independent reads here - Fake Mustache is really good for sharing though, I think). And if you wanted to go with puzzles, Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and The Puzzling World of Winston Breen were both hits here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Has he ever seen The Princess Bride? The book is just awesome and the movie followed the book pretty well. Remarkably well, in fact. If he hasn't seen it, perhaps you could read a chapter, then watch that much of the movie...read another chapter...watch that much of the movie and so forth. That way if there are draggy parts in the book (which I don't find to be true), he might be better waiting through them so he can get to the part where you watch it. We're reading it now (I'm reading it for the 4th time myself) and the boys adore it. They're 9 and 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherL Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 I found a great edition of Beowulf at Goodwill. My 7 year son is loving it! Dad is reading a few chapters to him each night and they are both really getting into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 The Castle in the Attic was a good read aloud for my boys around that age. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe--big hit. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Dahl)--funny, too The Witches (Dahl) No Flying in the House Stone Fox (but the dog dies) (highlight words after that title to see a spoiler) The Matchlock Gun Chancey and the Grand Rascal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 My DS loved 100 Cupboards, Castle in the Attic, and Indian in the Cupboard at that age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaplank Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbobeara Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 The Matchlock Gun My DS10 read this over the summer, he picked it up on his own and read it. He loved it. I was surprised (and thrilled!) that it had caught and held his attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Peter and the Starcatchers (and the rest of the series) if we're talking about enjoyment over pure quality. We're on Peter and the Secret of Rundoon now, and the boys are still laughing out loud and begging for more chapters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 My 10 year old is loving Lemony Snicket right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaOz Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 The Ranger's Apprentice series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 My 10 year old is loving Lemony Snicket right now!We are doing the entire series as an audiobook. We're on the penultimate one. Much loved, which says something as there's so many! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 My son loved Island of Thieves and the sequel The Sultan's Tiger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 so many good suggestions! Gregor the Overlander fans here as well. Lol, the entire family got into that one. DH is the read aloud person here and he was totally hooked by that one. Call of the Wild, if your 9yr old likes animal stories, as well as those cat Warrior books. Don't forget The Hobbit followed by The Lord of the Rings trilogy. And around here, dh does the reading to the boys. He does it before bedtime. He thinks it is important for boys to be read to by their father and to see their dad read books of his own. He makes a point of always having a book going and to let the boys see him reading. The funny part is that he is not really much of a reader, but he thinks it sets a good example for the kids. He's not always here to read, this week he will be gone for work and I will take over. But if he is here he will read to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehogs4 Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 My kids enjoyed the 39 Clues series. It's a mystery / adventure / spy kind of series. Easily obtained at a library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherL Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 And around here, dh does the reading to the boys. He does it before bedtime. He thinks it is important for boys to be read to by their father and to see their dad read books of his own. He makes a point of always having a book going and to let the boys see him reading. The funny part is that he is not really much of a reader, but he thinks it sets a good example for the kids. He's not always here to read, this week he will be gone for work and I will take over. But if he is here he will read to them. This is what we do too. Jim Weiss had an amazing workshop at our homeschool convention this past summer where he spoke of the importance of fathers/men as story tellers to their children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeemama Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 My Side of the Mountain (trilogy) Hatchet Harry Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 My used-to-be-9-year-old-boy recommends: 1. Gregor the Overlander (Suzanne Collins) 2. 39 Clues (Various) 3. Rabbit Hill (Robert Lawson) 4. Lord of the Rings (Tolkien) 5. Harry Potter (Rowling) 6. The Penderwicks (Jeanne Birdsall) 7. The Prydain Chronicles (Lloyd Alexander) 8. Chasing Vermeer, The Wright Three, and The Calder's Game (Blue Balliot) 9. The Clockwork Three, The Lost Kingdom (Mathew Kirby) 10. The Mark of the Dragonfly (Jaleigh Johnson) 11. The Graveyard Book; Coraline; and Fortunately, the Milk, (Neil Gaiman) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 We read The Hobbit when my son was 9, and we had the most fun. And of course that led to the entire Lord of the Rings series (which was more difficult to get through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Don Potter says Bears of Blue River. It was boring to me, but I am obviously not the target audience. Librivox is working on it now, but no chapters released yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald Stoker Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Guaranteed excitement: Joan Aiken's Felix trilogy (Go Saddle the Sea, Bridle the Wind, and The Teeth of the Gale)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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