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Posted: May 15 2009 at 1:34pm | IP Logged Quote Natalia
Hi Ladies!

I am trying to compile a Summer reading list for my son. He is a reading kick and I want to be sure I keep him well supplied this summer. He has read:

Narnia
Lord of the Ring trilogy
Ranger Apprentice series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
My Side of the Mountain and sequels (one of his favorite)

Any suggestions?

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Posted: May 15 2009 at 1:40pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
How about Redwall series by Brian Jacques? My 12 yo nephew loves those.

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Posted: May 15 2009 at 3:03pm | IP Logged Quote teachingmyown
I have finished the first four Redwall books and they are fun! My kids love them. Dd13, ds11 and dd9 have finished all 19 books! (That could keep your son busy all summer!) Dd7 is reading them now too. She is a very advanced reader, though. The reading level is more like 9 and up.

Jenn, I was about to suggest them as read alouds for your son.

Natalia, has he read Where the Red Fern Grows? That is a great book!

How about Midshipman Quinn from Bethlehem books?

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Posted: May 15 2009 at 7:12pm | IP Logged Quote mom2mpr
Redwall could keep him busy! Ds loves them. Taking a break from Redwall and planning on going back after he reads The Hobbit. He also enjoyed Narnia--but Redwall is his fav.
He has also gotten into the Warriors series. I haven't had time to preview or read any of them so you might want to see if they would work for your kids. He has been reading them for years and I just let that one go.
Oh, for younger kids we enjoyed the Magic Treehouse series. Lot's of rabbit trails from those books.
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Posted: May 16 2009 at 6:13am | IP Logged Quote Angel
My 12 yo ds is reading Watership Down right now and enjoying it. In addition to being a "classic", it's also a nice, thick book.

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Posted: May 16 2009 at 4:23pm | IP Logged Quote Natalia
I found this list at Kidsreads.com Some look promising, others I don't care for.

I have forgotten about Redwall. We have listened to the first two books on tape. Maybe he would like to continue the series.

Angel, thanks for reminding me of Watership Down. I have it on the shelf.

I am also reading with interest the thread Jenn started on series for boys.

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Natalia, thanks for that list. A few of them did look promising for my ds, who will probably run out of books to read very soon and need more. I haven't made summer reading lists for my kids before, but I am thinking it might be a good thing to do this year, since I plan on taking off more time.

I saw several titles on the list that G. has read:

**Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card -- Science Fiction (SF), which is his favorite genre. It's very sparse for young readers right now. He hasn't read the other Ender books, but he liked Ender's Game

**The Navigator and sequel -- he liked this one a lot.

**Larklight and sequel -- he enjoyed this one, too. It's a blend of SF and fantasy, and has a sense of humor.

**Inkheart, Cornelia Funke -- he said it "the boring part" lasted too long, whatever that means. I have The Thief Lord on the shelf because I wanted to read it.

I have been avoiding *The 39 Clues* like the plague, because I *know* G. would get sucked into the game. I'm kind of annoyed at Scholastic for setting up such a clear marketing ploy.

G. has also read a few of the Artemis Fowl books. I don't think they were his favorites, and he and I had several discussions about them. Artemis Fowl is clearly an anti-hero. He's not very likeable. I'm not sure what the fascination with him is, but lots of boys clearly like the books. G. recognized that Artemis Fowl himself was not such a great guy, and in fact, I think his favorite character was Fowl's nemesis. So a lot of our discussions were about what made a sympathetic character and why, what an antihero was, what sorts of morals you could get out of the books, etc.

Percy Jackson, The Mysterious Benedict Society, and Spiderwick have all been huge hits.






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Posted: May 18 2009 at 11:45am | IP Logged Quote Natalia
Angel,

Thanks for the recommendations on the titles your guy has read.

And talking about guys. Have you all seen Jon Scieszka (I wonder how do you pronounce that?) website dedicated to books for boys? Guysread.com

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Posted: May 19 2009 at 8:40pm | IP Logged Quote stellamaris
I loved C.S. Lewis's space trilogy--Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength. I think a 12-yr. old boy would like them, too.

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