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I would like some suggestions for a 13 year old boy. His favorites have been:
Redwall (has read them all 3-4 times!)
LOTR (ditto)
Eragon, the books by Cornelia Funke, the Guardians of Gahoole series,
books by Lloyd Anderson
And then he keeps reading Hardy boys again and again (reversion to boyhood? nostalgia?  ). He's bored, he needs to expand, but it seems like jumping up a level things become very "adult", also many book series for teens these days seem fairly occult oriented--the "dark" sides of spirituality that are just--not--wholesome---KWIM----? We're having trouble finding something new to read!!
Also I think LOTR spoils you with such good quality, other books never quite compare!!!
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My kids like the Anthropos Archives by John White. Christian, sort of modelled in the CS Lewis style.
Do you think he would like Howard Pyle's books -- Robin Hood, King Arthur? Also, my 12 year old really likes E Nesbit's books like "Five Children and It" , "Phoenix and the Carpet", "Story of the Amulet", etc.
I'll look around and see if there are any others around the house, since it sounds like your boy has much the same taste as mine.
Also, DS moved from Hardy Boys to Tom Swift -- same style  but different setting -- more like early sci-fi.
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Hi,
Howabout any books by Jane Yolen , Bruce Coville? or Madeline L'Engel?
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Narnia but you probably already thought of that,
My ds 13 loves the Father Brown mysteries.
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Angela
Going by the choice of books you've shared your son has exactly the same taste in reading as my ds13. So hard to find books that we deem appropriate in that genre. However I REALLY recommend The Ranger's Apprentice Series by John Flanagan (this link gives you a really cheap place to buy them)
By your son's taste he obviously also likes series, there are seven in this series, and a new one to come out in November. John Flanagan is an Australian author who wrote these books for his own 13 yr old son to show him that heroes don't always have to be big and strong. (His son was small). The hero Will, is a ranger, a cross between a type of US Marshall and a spy for the Queen. The book is set in in the Middle Ages. And there is NO magic, it seemed like there would be but it wasn't. Book three was the only one I was a little unsure of but the author handled the subject really well, he had a strong message for children.
Dh and I read them first, we borrowed the first four from the library and were so desperate for the next that we went out and bought them. By then we had decided that we would buy the whole set for Christmas. So we were reading in our room and whenever the children entered we pretended we were reading one of the first four. The children were not fooled but did not let on. When my 20yr old brother visited he was hooked and went and bought his own set before he returned to the outback. Oh and now the boys have hooked our priest and whenever we go to town for altar serving practice Fr wants the next book.
Have I convinced you?
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thanks for the ideas--he has read several of the more "known" ones but I wrote down the John White and the Ranger's Apprentice series to try.
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Angela
We'd love to know what ds thinks.
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Erin, I'm not Angela, but my ds12 LOVES the Ranger Apprentice books!!! They are his absolute favorite at the moment and he has only been able to read the first couple because the last ones are still not available here in the states. He did just now say that he did not like the 3rd one at all (he was disappointed in it), but the 1st, 2nd and 4th are his favorites. He has checked them out from the library numerous times since he first discovered them.
I am getting some great ideas from this topic as he is always looking for new books to read!
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rm4mrfrus wrote:
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Yes, thank you all for these suggestions. I'm always looking for books for my son, and he's read Redwall/Narnia/LOTR as well.
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Hollee
I just popped over to my favourite place to shop Book Depository to see if they are carrying the last three for you but alas, they only have the earlier ones. But thought I'd explain for the other ladies here, BD is based in Britain and is so cheap and offers free postage to most places in the world, certainly Australia and America. It costs me half the price to buy from there than if I purchased here. About the same cost for Americans if not cheaper comparing to Amazon.
Listening for some more great ideas here. 
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Here are some my ds liked recently-
Nancy Farmer:
Sea of Trolls
The Land of the Silver Apples
House of the Scorpion
Yann Martel:
Life of Pi
Brian Jaques:
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series
Brian Selznik:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Barry and Pearson:
Peter and the Starcatchers series
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Erin,
Thanks for explaining about BD, I would not have even known that they ship for free. I will be keeping an eye out for the rest of the Flanagan books because our library doesn't even think they will get the rest. They also don't think they will be able to get any through ILL because there are so few here that other libraries don't want to lend out their copies and end up having them get lost!
My ds just loves that series though. Probably part of the reason is that he is on the small side too!
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For a LOTR lover, I recommend Stoneholding by Mark James. (Originally published as The Flight to Hollow Mountain) Catholic author, friend of Michael O'Brien. My sons have read it twice. It's the first of a trilogy (?), or at least will have a sequel that isn't out yet, so that 's a bit frustrating. But it is VERY well written and with Catholic undertones.
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Margot
Thank you so much for the rec. It looks great!
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thanks for the suggestions I have been checking out many of these books!
We found a series of books about bats in the library by Kenneth Oppel, so far my son really likes them:
Silverwing
Sunwing
I think Firewing is the 3rd but not sure
There is also one about Crows starting with "The Mob"--but so far I can't find these at the library would probably have to go ILL. A back issue of Home Ed. magazine had a feature on animal related tales, that is where I got these ideas.
Also they do have the Ranger's apprentice series at Amazon--some available used--and in US dollar. Am putting 1 & 2 in my cart, maybe for a future gift idea.
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margot helene wrote:
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I have found online a copy of The Flight... secondhand  is it going to be any different to the Stoneholding publication? I'm so excited I have really searched for this book since you mentioned it.
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Some of the books my ds13 has been reading...
Father Brown Mysteries
Artemis Fowl (the whole series
Various Stephen Lawhead books
Huge book of Russian folk tales
Henty books
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Erin wrote:
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I have found online a copy of The Flight... secondhand is it going to be any different to the Stoneholding publication? I'm so excited I have really searched for this book since you mentioned it. |
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It is quite different though the main character is still there. You might really like Flight to Hollow Mountain even though there is no resolution to the story as written. The updated version tones down the vocab a bit and reworks the story (comes at it from a different angle) a bit. The best place to see it and order it is at the author's website. (Amazon probably has it, though not sure about in Australia.)
here is a tidbit of a review by the illustrator:
Ted Nasmith, renowned Tolkien illustrator, says of the book: "When I read it, I enjoyed it thoroughly, marveling at Mark James' talent for creating memorable characters, a very compelling plot, and a consistently sustained faery world rich in lore, names and mystery. While it's comparable (naturally) to Tolkien, the author is clearly drawing from the wider Celtic traditions, and in ways Tolkien never explored. The concept of the harmony which protects Good is marvelous and deep. I cannot imagine what more a discerning reader could ask for in a work of fantasy."
I think I wrote my first fan letter ever to Mark Sebanc!
If you can't get it anywhere and the shipping from the author's website is horrible, let me know and I will put a copy in the next box coming to Anna (which should be shipping this Friday).
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ds has found another favorite author lately, LB Graham.
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We have Redwall and LOTR fanatics here as well.
My oldest boy is also 13. Off the top of my head, some of the books he's enjoyed include:
Treasure Island
King Arthur
My Side of the Mountain
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
Man of the Family
Blood Red Crescent
Bethlehem Book titles
Roald Dahl books (fluff)
and a new series, which is kind of like HG Wells meets Catholicism- a fictional young Chesterton meets aliens- published by Imagio (Sophia), "The Tripods Attack." He couldn't put it down.
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