Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 06:55     Subject: Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
Wonder
The Green Glass House
The Hobbit
The Wizard of Earthsea (trilogy)
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 06:52     Subject: Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
Calpurnia Tate (two books)
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2025 06:10     Subject: Re:Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
Anonymous wrote:Randall Munroe books? (I haven’t read any, but they’re by the creator of the xkcd comics).

Far Side or Calvin and Hobbes comic collections

Hidden Talents by David Lubar
Holes
The Westing Game
How to Eat Fried Worms

I haven’t read these or if I did it was long ago, so I don’t know if these are appropriate for a 12 yo, but you might look at:
Terry Brooks - Landover series
Terry Pratchett - Discworld series
Douglas Adams - Hitchiker’s Guide series

A neighbor boy loved the Eragon series when he was that age. Again, I haven’t read it, so I can’t comment on appropriateness. I also think they’re not so much fun as dramatic and dark.

If you’re okay with dark and dramatic, Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising series is good.


Calvin & Hobbes contributed to my son’s large vocabulary starting in elementary school. FoxTrot was a close second.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2024 10:45     Subject: Re:Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
Anonymous wrote:I posted my suggestions above, but you might get more responses if you had this moved to the Tweens and Teens forum.


Thanks for the suggestions. Didn't even see the Tweens and Teens forum - good to know - will post there for future
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2024 09:47     Subject: Re:Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
I posted my suggestions above, but you might get more responses if you had this moved to the Tweens and Teens forum.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2024 09:30     Subject: Re:Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
Randall Munroe books? (I haven’t read any, but they’re by the creator of the xkcd comics).

Far Side or Calvin and Hobbes comic collections

Hidden Talents by David Lubar
Holes
The Westing Game
How to Eat Fried Worms

I haven’t read these or if I did it was long ago, so I don’t know if these are appropriate for a 12 yo, but you might look at:
Terry Brooks - Landover series
Terry Pratchett - Discworld series
Douglas Adams - Hitchiker’s Guide series

A neighbor boy loved the Eragon series when he was that age. Again, I haven’t read it, so I can’t comment on appropriateness. I also think they’re not so much fun as dramatic and dark.

If you’re okay with dark and dramatic, Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising series is good.
Anonymous
Post 12/21/2024 08:47     Subject: Re:Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
Anonymous wrote:Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth (Author), Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (Author)


I love that book. It’s hilarious, but be warned that a major character dies at the end.
Anonymous
Post 12/20/2024 17:35     Subject: Re:Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth (Author), Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (Author)
Anonymous
Post 12/18/2024 12:46     Subject: Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
That’s the perfect age for the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman! (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass)
Anonymous
Post 12/17/2024 18:23     Subject: Recommend some funny, thoughtful fun books for a 12 year old
The 12 year old is a good reader and has read the standard given my family and school. I wanted to give a book not too heavy but a fun read - please recommend