Anonymous
03/23/2024 19:41
Subject: Book recommendations for my 15 year old son
The YA version of Unbroken.
Anonymous
03/22/2024 22:40
Subject: Book recommendations for my 15 year old son
Anything by Garth Nix
Anonymous
03/22/2024 20:48
Subject: Book recommendations for my 15 year old son
Anonymous wrote:I absolutely loved The Chosen by Chaim Potok at that age, since it's about a boy around his age. I'm not Jewish, but I could relate to the themes about studying, knowledge, and finding your place in the world. One of the characters--a Hasidic rabbi's son--has to deal with own interest in exploring another field (psychology, if I remember correctly) instead of pursuing the rabbinate (which is his father's aspiration for him).
I read this book once per year. I love it.
Anonymous
03/22/2024 14:07
Subject: Book recommendations for my 15 year old son
Anonymous wrote:Maze Runner
Ready Player 1
This is exactly what I came to write -- both of these.
Anonymous
03/22/2024 13:14
Subject: Book recommendations for my 15 year old son
I absolutely loved The Chosen by Chaim Potok at that age, since it's about a boy around his age. I'm not Jewish, but I could relate to the themes about studying, knowledge, and finding your place in the world. One of the characters--a Hasidic rabbi's son--has to deal with own interest in exploring another field (psychology, if I remember correctly) instead of pursuing the rabbinate (which is his father's aspiration for him).
Anonymous
03/22/2024 13:07
Subject: Re:Book recommendations for my 15 year old son
Boy 21 by Matthew Quick