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I just posted on the Redwall thread that my ds (12) is a big fan. He is actually a big fan of any fantasy type book. I don't complain because he has discovered this new love for reading in the past couple of years and I don't want to discourage. He has read the Narnia books, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (twice), and all the Redwall books (some of those twice). While I am delighted with his voracious appetite for reading lately, I am also trying to get him interested in other genre. He is reading some historical fiction that he likes (Shadow Hawk) and surprisingly, he enjoyed listening to Farmer Boy when I read it to his younger sister. At first he said he didn't want to listen because "Laura Engalls Wilder books were for girls" but once I got into the book he changed his mind. NOw he is wondering if there are any other books like Farmer Boy that he could read while he's waiting for the next Redwall book. Any suggestions?
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How about 'The Great Brain' by John Fitzgerald. Not a Farmer Boy one but a boy book.
By ds who also loves the books your son does loves the Bush Boys series written by a Catholic Priest here. Fr James Tierney. There are four books and they have all these amazing adventures learning camping craft and bush skills in the meantime. Of course the children are homeschooled and lots of large families.
My ds was also a late bloomer, he also loves HIlda Van Stockum's books not particularly 'boy' books nor fantasty but popular with him. I do think it is harder building collections for boys in some ways than girls.
There is another series at the library similar to REdwall although apparently not as well written, by Gary ? I think can anyone help here.
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William O. Steele wrote books about boys struggling with something. They usually take place in a historical setting. In most books the boys get mad, run away, and learn the hard way. While most are out of print, I believe "The Buffalo Knife" is reprinted. My son likes his series. We read aloud "By Wagon and Flatboat" which you can get on Amazon from book dealers. However, I warn about this book-there is a story in the middle when a girl talks about how her family, including a baby was killed by Indians. I simply skipped that part because I had young ears listening too. They didn't know I skipped it, though. He could probably handle it-there's no impurity. Its out of print, too. Don't you hate when people suggest out of print books? I have learned that you can get most of these books from sellers on Amazon. I've had great success with this method. Would he like Charlotte's Web?
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Erin wrote:
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Where can I find copies of these books? They sound like something I'd really be interested in for my son.
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How about any of the King Arthur books... or we just finished Fingal's Quest by Madeleine Polland and it was excellent and full of adventure, all BOY! I was also on the Vision Forum and they have th G.A. Henty Historical books in their boy's section, looks interesting although we've not read any of these yet??
HTH 
Oh, Robinson Crusoe, he's probably read it already?
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And there's always Swallows and Amazons (just turn your speakers down as the music on the page is loud!).
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Swallows and Amazons are the periennial favorite here. They are Rick's read alouds. He builds small boats, sail and a few rowing craft, so he loves the stories.
If you do a google search you can find some info on the actual boats.
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Wow! Thanks for all the suggestions. We just started Swallows and Amazons. We don't know much about sailing so the vocabulary is a bit challenging in the first chapters but we are looking forward to the adventure on the island! We are reading this one together, I think I'll check on Bush Boys for him to read on his own.
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Treasure Island
Tom Sawyer
Madeline L'engle's series, beginning with A Wrinkle in Time
these are some my 12 yo ds has enjoyed. I just picked up Meet the Austins, another L'engle book, for him.
We are reading Charlie & the Chocolate Factory (Dahl) aloud right now, for all three kids (4, 5 and 12) and will be starting Peter Pan next - I just listened to an audio version from our library myself and enjoyed it so much. The younger two have not read/seen the Disney version so I'd love to read this first - just have to find my copy!
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Oh, I meant to add, for some reason my ds just didn't get into the Swallows and Amazons books. I read the first two, and made him read the first one but he really didn't like it. Maybe the difference is he's never had any interest in boats, etc., and the characters are a little younger, too. I'm going to try and interest the 5 yo in them when he gets to be about 7.
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"...like Farmer Boy..." Is he looking for historical farm/pioneer stories with boy main characters? I think the Little Britches books (or others by Ralph Moody) might fit that bill.
My son who liked fantasy (Red Wall in particular) also really did get into historical fiction particularly that about Civil War times at that age. One he just pointed out as liking a lot when he was around 12 was Jayhawker. There are many other by Patricia Beatty that he read.
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My oldest (the one who loved historical fiction) read a lot of the Henty books and really liked them. They have been discussed on a thread here somewhere and I remember that many found them hard to get into and didn't enjoy them. One thing with the books though you do have to be careful as some are anti-Catholic. If it is covering a period of history specifically about Catholics or Catholic-Protestant conflict you know how they will be biased. He didn't read those titles.
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Farmer books? How about the Ralph Moody series, starting with "Little Britches". They're often billed as "'Little House' for Boys"!
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great ideas! Did you know that L.M.Alcott wrote a book titled Little Men? My boys liked it even though they thought of Little Women as a girls book. I found it at the library.
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