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ST librarians. Suggested reading for a soon to be middle school boy? My son is voraciously reading everything I can throw at him and I need ideas

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Apr 21 '11, 11:34

He's already read the Potter series as well as Artemis Fowl. He's currently working on the Ember books but I expect those will be done next week at the rate he's going.

Responses:

My 12 year old loves the Percy Jackson books. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 12:06
Atlas Shrugged - Dr.Vermin Apr 21, 12:05 3
- ooh, and this is when I first started reading Stephen King. Maybe start that Dark Tower series. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Apr 21, 12:05 2
  - Eyes of the Dragon is a good one too. -- nm - Jim Apr 21, 12:08 1
    - agreed -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 12:09
The Alchemist. Also, when I was his age, I was into Greek Gods, so maybe a book about that. -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 11:51
Code Orange, Red Kayak -- nm - CQ Apr 21, 11:45
Lord of the Flies -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 11:43 3
- I want to read this again. god, it's so good. -- nm - amanda jones Apr 21, 11:50 1
  - I read it for the first time a few years ago. It's good stuff. -- nm - con_carne Apr 21, 11:57
- Is he into Sci Fi? If so, Asimov's Foundation series. -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 11:46
Hatchet. (I forget what age I was but everyone in school loved it), I Am Number Four (soon to be series) -- nm - MDH Apr 21, 11:42
Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer -- nm - moles Apr 21, 11:42
Robert Asprin's Myth series -- nm - zork Apr 21, 11:42
Playboy -- nm - decline Apr 21, 11:41
I was a big fan of Louis L'Amour westerns growing up. Try Last of the Breed, Flint, Reilly's Luck, Iron Marshall for starters -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 11:41
I, Robot., A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintent) -- nm - JD Apr 21, 11:37 1
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Cirque du Freak? 39 Clues? -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 11:37 1
- Also, check here. -- (link) - Amy Apr 21, 11:38
Hobbit and LOTR. -- nm - Beaker Apr 21, 11:37
The Hunger Games! (It's Scholastic, I assume its considered appropriate for that age group.) -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 11:37 5
- Alternatively, I think at that age I liked Jerry Spinelli, Avi, the A Wrinkle In Time books... -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 11:40 4
  - Gordan Korman -- nm - Amy Apr 21, 11:42
  - Ender's Game? -- nm - TFox Apr 21, 11:40 2
    - I loved this series but will not touch the books after I found out how discriminatory the author is -- nm - MDH Apr 21, 11:41 1
      - Not to mention, the level of difficulty in getting through the entire book goes WAY up after Book #1 -- nm - Strongbad Apr 21, 11:52
Belgariad -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:36 1
- and in a few years, Discworld. -- nm - znufrii Apr 21, 11:38
Septimus Heap -- nm - zork Apr 21, 11:35

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