Recommend a book for MS boy who doesn't like to read
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Book recommendations for 6th grade boy.
He doesn't enjoy reading, but it's something I would like for him to start embracing. Prefer to keep the topics on the lighter side. TIA for your suggestions! |
Anonymous
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If he hasn't already, Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Those are practically the only books my DS read for pleasure in MS. He loved them.
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Anonymous
OP here - Those are the only books he really enjoys, and I think has read most of them. But something elsealong those lines would be great! |
Anonymous
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Spy School series, Hatchett, Holes, Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, Percy Jackson series, Ghost (by Jason Reynolds)
What is he like? |
Anonymous
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The Percy Jackson Series
Harry Potter The Spud series Then Again, Maybe I Won’t Flipped Freckle Juice books Paper Towns Magnus Chase series The Misfits Tangerine Twerp The Chocolate Wars My 6th grade DS (a voracious reader) loves Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, and it’s a great book. But it isn’t light. He must have read the Percy Jackson books 20x. |
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Thank you THANK YOU!! ....as I cut and paste into Amazon search 
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Anonymous
| Another vote for Percy Jackson and anything else by Rick Riordan! |
Anonymous
| tom gates series, kind of like diary of a wimpy kid |
Anonymous
| I'd look at graphic novels. There are lots, and they can be quite sophisticated. |
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| My DS loved the series "Wings Of Fire". |
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I would add that books written as poems are attractive to my son this age (they are less dense in terms of text). Kwame Alexander has several out. They deal with some heavy issues, so they interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/Crossover-Kwame-Alexander/dp/0544107713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513189881&sr=8-1&keywords=the+crossover https://www.amazon.com/Booked-Kwame-Alexander/dp/0544570987/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0544570987&pd_rd_r=TTJK0DYDJ2B1PYZG1FP1&pd_rd_w=h1qXO&pd_rd_wg=2qWqK&psc=1&refRID=TTJK0DYDJ2B1PYZG1FP1 And this one was quite a good read too. https://www.amazon.com/House-Arrest-K-Holt/dp/1452156484/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513189976&sr=8-1&keywords=house+arrest |
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| PP here. One strategy that works with my son is that I will sometimes read the first chapter of a book outloud t him "just to see if it's any good." After I've done that, I can eventually hand him the book and read my own novel next to him. Making the reading somewhat "social" seems to help him. |
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thank you - just added these to my cart! they actually sound like books I'd like to read 
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The IQ series is fun if he likes CIA, musicians, and spies
Epic (a world economy run inside a video game - fascinating and fun) Ready Player One (about to come out as a movie) |
Anonymous
The IQ series and the Epic book look fascinating - thank you! Ready Player One may be a bit above his level? |