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Here is another thread Series That Boys Love
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The series that starts with Lost In Peter's Tomb is a great one, if your 11 yo has not read them. They are not overly long and have shortish chapters but are full of interesting church history and detail. I really enjoyed reading these aloud a couple of years ago.
Bank Robbery! looks good, also- though I have not read it.
The Catholic Child carries both and frequently has free shipping or 10-15% off your order.
Bush Boys Adventure Series is another one to look into if you haven't already.
The J.M. Cremps catalog always has a good selection of books to look into as well.
Oh- The Tales of the RAF series might be great for the 11 yo.
Amazon has these. They are very interesting and not overly long- might be a good match.
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Parker Family National Park series
These are adventure/mystery books. I love the nature/geography/history in the them. Very boy friendly 
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JodieLyn wrote:
Hitting this in bits and pieces and out of order
The Ranger's apprentice
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Hi Jodie, found all the Ranger's at my library, the covers are all pretty graphic, are they seriously violent or similar to Tolkein's style...these are totally new to us as my dd never read any of them, but did read Tolkein.
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Similiar to Tolkein, at least through the first 7 or so. I think that's as many as were out when my daughter read them (maybe a couple more that we couldn't get yet at the library).
I'm hoping to get my 15 yr old to try them out. His decoding skills are lower than his comprehension so I'm hoping these would be easy enough (his sister read them younger) while still being enjoyable (I enjoyed them)
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Erin wrote:
'Tis a great list
adding, Fantasy for boys (more info here Apologies if some already mentioned.
Legacy of the Stone Harp - Mark Sebanc & James G Anderson (Catholic authors)
Dragons in Our Midst - Bryan Davis (Christian author)
Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
Bran Hambric- Kaleb Nation
Chronicles of Narnia - C S Lewis
Shadow Thief- Alexandra Ardonetto
Ranger's Apprentice - John Flanagan (huge family favourite  )
Boy Books (more info here) Probably more for your ds11, though ds 15 could still enjoy them as a lighter read.
Battle Boys - Charlie Carter (might be too young for your 11yr old but at that age my boy was a later reader)
Encyclopedia Brown - Donald Sobol
Three Investigators- Robert Arthur Jnr
Hardy Boys - Franklin W Dixon
Biggles - Captain WE Johns
Redwall - Brian Jacques
Books of Ember- Jeanne DuPrau
Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart
Alex Rider Adventures - Anthony Horowitz
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Have read many in the second set, but so many other great ones here that we haven't seen/read yet!
Thank you!!
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JodieLyn wrote:
Similiar to Tolkein, at least through the first 7 or so. I think that's as many as were out when my daughter read them (maybe a couple more that we couldn't get yet at the library).
I'm hoping to get my 15 yr old to try them out. His decoding skills are lower than his comprehension so I'm hoping these would be easy enough (his sister read them younger) while still being enjoyable (I enjoyed them) |
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Cool, they sound good. We're trying to expand our reading across the genres, myself included, so maybe I'll read them too 
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Charlotte recently recommended Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. My 10 year old read it, and I enjoyed it. I'm not usually a reader of the latest books, so I was pleasantly surprised. The "bad" guys get punished and the good guys are rewarded.
The book will inspire to read more books. A Bibliophile's dream!
I have been pleased with Charlotte's book reviews, and her recent non-fiction pick looks intriguing.
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Meredith wrote:
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The covers they released in America are totally different to the ones in Australia, for some reason they thought the more graphic covers would be more appealing. I far prefer the first release covers. I probably would never have picked up the books with the graphic covers.
They are adventure books, totally gripping and not overly violent, sure there are battles but I'd say the Rewall books are more descriptive of the battles than the RA. Wouldn't even say they are Tolkeinish as there is not that fantasy element.
Currently my dd12 is reading them and she is so sensitive she won't even read mystery books because they are too scary.  Generally her genre is safe animal books (and fluff  )
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Don't have time to add much right now - but just wanted to say  - SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, MEREDITH!!!
You guys are really so well read - it is going to be hard to come up with much that is new... |
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Thank you Mary, it's like a breath of fresh air, just popping in here, you guys are great!!!
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Erin wrote:
Meredith
The covers they released in America are totally different to the ones in Australia, for some reason they thought the more graphic covers would be more appealing. I far prefer the first release covers. I probably would never have picked up the books with the graphic covers.
They are adventure books, totally gripping and not overly violent, sure there are battles but I'd say the Rewall books are more descriptive of the battles than the RA. Wouldn't even say they are Tolkeinish as there is not that fantasy element.
Currently my dd12 is reading them and she is so sensitive she won't even read mystery books because they are too scary. Generally her genre is safe animal books (and fluff ) |
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Well, that's disappointing isn't it. Leave to us graphic Americans, eh  I have the first one on hold, so we'll see how it flies Thanks for your blog links too, I enjoyed visiting again
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JennGM wrote:
Charlotte recently recommended Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. My 10 year old read it, and I enjoyed it. I'm not usually a reader of the latest books, so I was pleasantly surprised. The "bad" guys get punished and the good guys are rewarded.
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Thank you Jenn, I look forward to checking out what she has, we LOVE nonfiction here too (or at least I do) 
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Heads up. I believe I may have recommended Percy Jackson recently in this thread (or perhaps it was elsewhere), anyhow thanks to a reader here it was brought to my attention that the homosexual agenda has crept into the latest book House of Hades 
Nico admits he has a crush on Percy Jackson. Sadly my ds14 had already read the book before I found out. He tells me there were a 'couple of parts that were strange' we've turned it all into a learning opportunity. But this social engineering is so strong today. Anyhow thanks our reader for alerting me, it takes a village. We always have to be alert. Disappointing.
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Disappointing but you have to be very very careful with sci-fi/fantasy as a genre for those type of things.
We've only gotten the first set of 5. Is this the second set?
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