Stacy Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 What are your boys' favorite chapter books? I have a couple of reluctant readers. They read, but are not book worms like their older siblings, which baffles me. One is 10 yrs. old, and one is 15 yrs. old. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyacinth Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 The Narnia series Percy Jackson series The Ranger's Apprentice series Things Not Seen and Things Hoped For by Andrew Clements (this author has a number of books that might be worth exploring) Mike Lupica books (my 12yo would rather play sports than read and he is finding this author's books fairly interesting) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternallytired Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Gary Paulsen books (more outdoorsy-independent type protagonists) Gary Schmidt books (variety of topics/settings, typically sprinkled liberally with humor) Nancy Farmer books (more sci-fi type) Orson Scott Card books (sci-fi, futuristic space setting) Terry Brooks books (fantasy, along the lines of Tolkien but lighter and not as tedious with all the long songs) When I taught 8th grade, a lot of the boys loved the Alex Rider series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Thank you!!! To those of you who responded... I will check these authors out! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 The Horatio Hornblower series the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books Piers Anthony's Xanth novels Terry Pratchett's Discworld The Percy Jackson series 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 For reluctant readers? Well, none of these are literary, but they're all things 10 boys who don't like books are more likely to pick up, that's for sure (and many of them are things 15 yo boys would also like...) Wimpy Kid Origami Yoda Big Nate Timmy Failure Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja Dragonbreath I, Funny Jedi Academy My Life as a... Captain Underpants And then there's a graphic novels, some of which are really great... Bone Amulet Calvin and Hobbes Tintin (lots and lots more here... that's just a start...) And then, if kids are open to getting hooked on "real" books without pictures, these are series with higher appeal for many kids... Percy Jackson Alex Rider (more for the 15 yo) Artemis Fowl 39 Clues Spirit Animals And then... if a kid is moving forward, I have found it better with my slightly reluctant readers, to strew individual books with more literary value than to try and hook them on a series. A series is just intimidating to them. Even something like Percy Jackson, which is well in their reading level now, is just way too long to do it for them. But if they know that an individual book is going to be good, then they're more likely to dive into it. So individual titles by Andrew Clements have been a hit with my boys. One of my boys loved Wonder. It all just depends on a kid's interests though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Andy Buckram's Tin Men (Brink) Sign of the Beaver (Speare?) Peter & the Starcatchers (and sequels, Barry & Pearson) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmstranger Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Gregor the Overlander series (Hunger Games author, but for younger set)--I think my 11yo has read the whole series at least 3 times All of the books by Margaret Haddix Mine is also reading The Last Thirteen books from Usborne. He likes them...not sure if they're a favorite. The Mysterious Benedict Society Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Roald Dahl is what really got my son loving to read. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blossom'sGirl Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Redwall series. My oldest, who loves to read, ate these up when he was quite young. My 15yo, his younger brother, was never a reader but just decided to start reading this series. I see him with a book all the time now. Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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