Book recommendations for 10-year-old boy
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| Looking for some new books for my soon to be 10-year old DS. He recently read the Candymakers and Phantom Tollbooth and loved both. He also likes the Andrew Clements books and enjoyed the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Would welcome any recommendations! TIA. |
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| FIL gave DS the first five Hardy Boys books and he's actually reading them! |
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| Harry Potter! |
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Wonder.
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| Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising" series |
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| Time to introduce the classics. Get a beautifully illustrated set and a decent dictionary. You won't regret it. |
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Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankelweiler Judy Blume (Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing, Superfudge) A Wrinkle in Time Where the Red Fern Grows The Westing Game |
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39 Clues-- my DS loves it.
I like that people are mentioning classics. Your son might enjoy Sounder (short but thematically mature), Black Beauty, or even a Jules Verne book if he's particularly intrepid (shortest is Around the World in 80 Days)-- or The Hobbit. Other thoughts: The Far Side of the Mountain, Hatchet, Stone Fox. I've read that kids can "flatline" reading skills at around the middle school level. (i.e. kids choose to read books with easy text). You might look at the lexile or scholastic websites when providing guidance- make sure that the difficulty level is there so that your son continues to advance his reading skills. |
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Secrets of Droon series
Children of the Lamp Series Series of Unfortunate Events Beverly Cleary books Spiderwick series (short books) Any Poems by Shel Silverstein Mysterious Benedict (3 books in series) Harry Potter Illustrated Classics if not into the originals--there must be at least 40 of these. |
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The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini (four books - Eragon, Eldest, Brisinger and Inheritance
The Ranger's Apprentice series |
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I loved The Westing Game growing up and considered getting it for our nephew for Christmas (he's in 4th grade) but I was afraid he'd balk at something so "old school," lol. Do kids these days still like this book? Ended up getting him Lemony Snickett's Series of Unfortunate Events, which I think he liked. |
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| OP here. Thanks for all of the great recommendations! |
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I am not sure if it might be too early - depending on his reading level. I LOVED the Golden Compass series when I was 10. I read those books so many times...and I still enjoy them today  Author is Philip Pullman.
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