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Hitch · 12-26-2014, 10:12 PM

Hi, guys:

As I mentioned here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=253455 , I'm looking for SERIES recs for an 11-year old. His folks are Christian--I don't know how devout, but certainly somewhat--and being a no-kids person myself, I want to be careful to not accidentally offend them by giving him anything with overt sexual references--this is why I'm not giving him Dragonflight, to start him on the DOP series by McCaffrey. I'm already planning on giving him The Dark Rising. He's read HP and is finishing Rick Riordan's series about Poseidon's kid (sorry, can't remember the name). I'm unsure if he's read The Golden Compass books, have asked. I am planning on giving him the Harper Hall trilogy--the YA books that Anne McCaffrey herself wrote.

(n.b.: I actually find the new "ordering" of the series, coupled with the books by her son, confusing. Were I recommending them to adult readers, I'd STILL definitely tell them to start with Dragonflight, and work their way through the books in order of writing--not "chronological" order of the storyline of the books, FWIW.)

His preference is fantasy, as opposed to Sci-Fi. He prefers larger books, in a series.

Will appreciate any thoughts on this. I presume he prefers male protags over female, but this is an unknown.

Thanks mucho in advance,
Hitch

12-26-2014, 10:12 PM	#1
Hitch Bookmaker & Cat Slave Posts: 11,503 Karma: 158448243 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: K2, iPad, KFire, PPW, Voyage, NookColor. 2 Droid, Oasis, Boox Note2	Fantasy Recs for 11-y.o. boy? Hi, guys: As I mentioned here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=253455 , I'm looking for SERIES recs for an 11-year old. His folks are Christian--I don't know how devout, but certainly somewhat--and being a no-kids person myself, I want to be careful to not accidentally offend them by giving him anything with overt sexual references--this is why I'm not giving him Dragonflight, to start him on the DOP series by McCaffrey. I'm already planning on giving him The Dark Rising. He's read HP and is finishing Rick Riordan's series about Poseidon's kid (sorry, can't remember the name). I'm unsure if he's read The Golden Compass books, have asked. I am planning on giving him the Harper Hall trilogy--the YA books that Anne McCaffrey herself wrote. (n.b.: I actually find the new "ordering" of the series, coupled with the books by her son, confusing. Were I recommending them to adult readers, I'd STILL definitely tell them to start with Dragonflight, and work their way through the books in order of writing--not "chronological" order of the storyline of the books, FWIW.) His preference is fantasy, as opposed to Sci-Fi. He prefers larger books, in a series. Will appreciate any thoughts on this. I presume he prefers male protags over female, but this is an unknown. Thanks mucho in advance, Hitch