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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is not a voracious reader although a perfectly competent one. I am a bit concerned because he is now reading all the things his 10 year old sister reads: Gregor the Overlander, The One and Only Ivan, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, the Rick Riordan books. Is she reading above age level and he is reading under? Or is there a period when this age group reads basically the same things? [/quote]

Basically the same thing.  With only two years between them, there isn't going to be a huge gap in terms of popular books at this age.

It's wonderful if they're both reading.  Don't nitpick at something that's really not a problem.[/quote]

That information is what I was looking for. Thanks[/quote]

I agree with the PP above, OP. Great that they read, and don't nitpick.

I would add: Talk with his school librarian for ideas about books and also for a reality check on 12-year-old boys and books. Many boys his age, when I was a regular volunteer in our school library, were only checking out the Guinness Book of World Records and "How to draw manga" types of books! So he's doing OK. (Yeah, I'm generalizing, but boys did seem to check out more how-to and nonfiction stuff while girls were more into fiction, very generally speaking, and our school librarian confirmed that she saw that trend all the time too.)

The school librarian can be a great resource and believe me, they love to be asked things by parents because parents tend to forget the school librarian exists and is there to help parents too!

By the way, I have read most of Rick Riordan's stuff in the past few years, all of the [i]Artemis Fowl[/i] series, and just finished the [i]Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children[/i] series and generally read a lot of what my DD, now going on 16, likes to read. The aforementioned series are all great fun and creative -- plus, she asks me to read things she loves and it gives us a ton to discuss. She also reads classic literature on her own as well as enjoying the serious literature they're reading in high school honors English (and still loves Artemis Fowl!).  So kids can develop a very wide variety in taste in time. He'll get there.[/quote]

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