Anonymous
Post 07/15/2023 00:18     Subject: Re:Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
This is the list of books my 12 year old son has to read for a 6th to 8th grade Battle of the Books competition.

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs

The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden

The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

The Boys in the Back Row by Mike Jung

Focused by Alyson Gerber

The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Invisible by Christina Diaz
Gonzalez and Gabriela Epstein

Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF
Venable and Stephanie Yue

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

Partly Cloudy by Tanita S. Davis

Powerless by Matthew Cody

Stowaway by John David Anderson

Wink by Rob Harrell

Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2023 23:53     Subject: Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
Beast Player
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2023 22:24     Subject: Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
Anything by Jonathan Stroud
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2023 13:22     Subject: Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
I think the best thing is to take him to the library or to an independent bookstore and see what catches his eye. Even better if he can spend some time talking to the librarian or bookstore employee to hear their suggestions.

Another idea is to google "[state name] reading list" or "award list". usually each state has an award list made up of books from the last 2-3 years, broken down by age range.

Here's this year's list of nominees for the Maryland Black Eyed Susan Award:
https://www.maslmd.org/current-nominees
Anonymous
Post 07/11/2023 07:21     Subject: Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Private only, OP?

Yeah, I had some suggestions, but not gonna bother.


Agreed - obnoxious.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2023 21:55     Subject: Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
Oh they’re acceptable are they? How generous of you to approve other people doing your work for you.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2023 21:52     Subject: Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
Anonymous wrote:Private only, OP?

Yeah, I had some suggestions, but not gonna bother.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2023 21:20     Subject: Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
Private only, OP?
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2023 20:56     Subject: Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
You should google every school and find their reading lists online. Public or private, they're all available.
Anonymous
Post 07/10/2023 19:31     Subject: Summer reading for a smart 12 year old boy? Reccs from your private school's summer reading list are acceptable.
Thanks! Omnivore reader hard to keep him supplied with books.