Some of these might be for older readers, but worth investigating

Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (not to be confused with Ghost, which is also excellent.)

Solo by Kwame Alexander

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Promise Boys by Nick Brooks

The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe

Kings of B’More by R. Eric Thomas

The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters

Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America by Ibi Zoboi

He might like the classic Blume books like Superfudge and Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing.

Percy Jackson series. A fun read for the whole family. Second series (Heros of Olympus) has a lot more diversity in hero characters than the first.

A Wolf Called Wander

If he’s interested in animal focused books, I have more recommendations.

But A Wolf Called Wander can appeal to those who don’t like animals as genre.

Anonymous wrote:My library's Libby website has a book called Ghost, by Jason Raynolds.
It is about a black boy in middle school who can run really fast. Maybe fast enough for the junior olympics.

There are four books in this series, each told from the perspective of a different kid on the track team, and they are all great.

My library's Libby website has a book called Ghost, by Jason Raynolds.
It is about a black boy in middle school who can run really fast. Maybe fast enough for the junior olympics.

I am a white female in my 60's, but I like to listen to kid books sometimes.
My suggestions:

Books by Gordon Korman. All the main characters in his books are boys in the 6th grade.
Books by Louis Sachar. The main characters in his books are generally in the 5th grade.

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, which are about a 6th grader.

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. The author of this book actually wrote several books about the same family, but this is the only one I have listened to.

Not a black male hero, but The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was originally a radio show, and there is an audio version narrated by Stephen Fry which is fantastic.

It's not quite a conventional audio book, but a few years ago the BBC did a production of Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising. It's done as an audio play (with different readers for all the characters). My kids really liked it. They were 8 and 11 at the time. The main character is an 11 year old boy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvp7/episodes/player

The Tristan Strong books!

Thanks for suggestion to ask on teens and tweens forum - I can do that!

I’d I’ll look up those books - I don’t know some of them and I appreciate the suggestions!

Iirc the westing game is outdated esp on racial stuff?

Anonymous wrote:Any recommendations for a book for a 10 year old boy? We’ll listen to the audiobook. Pretty typical 10 year old boy interests, including sports. Bonus points if the story includes a black male hero or characters. Thank you!

I hope you get better recommendations. I’m afraid I don’t know anything about audiobooks, these stories don’t focus on sports, and I don’t recall any black male heroes or characters. But. . . they are good books that I think he might nonetheless enjoy if you don’t get better responses. You might also try the Tweens and Teens forum, which I think gets more traffic.

How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Hidden Talents by David Lubar
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper

Any recommendations for a book for a 10 year old boy? We’ll listen to the audiobook. Pretty typical 10 year old boy interests, including sports. Bonus points if the story includes a black male hero or characters. Thank you!