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Old 06-23-2013, 09:03 AM   #1
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Books your kids / teenagers actually enjoy

My son is always asking me for a good book to read. The problem with being an adult (at least most of the time) is that I have no idea what books kids are actually reading these days. I don't mean what books they should be reading but what books they actually want to read. It might be helpful if folks reply with the books their kids loved, remember to state their age and whether the book might appeal more to boys or girls.

Here's a few :
Age 10
Age 12
Age 13
Aged 14

Age 15
Age 16

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Old 06-23-2013, 09:12 AM   #2
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Old 06-23-2013, 09:13 AM   #3
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The "Harry Potter" series has to be on the list, IMHO.
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Old 06-23-2013, 09:25 AM   #4
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I added a link to what I think is the first book. I guessed 12+ age reading & assumed both sexes enjoy it.
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Old 06-23-2013, 10:39 AM   #5
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Adventure & Fantasy
12 (any) The Hobbit
12 (any) The Letter for the King
14 (any) Terry Prachett´s Wee Free Men and Discworld Series
14 (any) Treasure Island
14 (any) King Solomon`s Mines
14 (any) Around the world in 80 days
14 (any) Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
16 (any) Lord of the Rings

Science Fiction
14 (any) Ender´s Game
16 (any) Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy
16 (any) the Dirk Gently Books (1 & 2)

Philosophy
10 (any) The Little Prince
14 (any) Sophie´s World
16 (any) Life of Pi
16 (any) The Alchemist

I only named the book of each author that stood out the most in my memory - in all cases, I enjoyed other works by the same authors as well.

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Old 06-23-2013, 11:03 AM   #6
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10+ (any) Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer.

10+ (any) Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan.

10+ (any) Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan.

10+ (any) Kane Chronicles series by Rick Riordan.



All the links will direct you to the first book in the series.

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Old 06-27-2013, 06:46 PM   #7
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My kids (8yr and 10 yr) have really enjoyed The False Prince
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Old 06-28-2013, 03:01 PM   #8
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10+ (any) Watership down, by Richard Adams

10+ (any) The Neverending Story, by Michael Ende

10+ White Fang and The call of the wild, both by Jack London
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I've updated the list to include the new items. Please remember they have to be books that young folk actually want to read rather than books you'd like them to read. Also please be a little careful with the age ranges.

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Old 06-28-2013, 05:04 PM   #10
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My daughter (age 11) says:

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (9+)
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (10+)
Divergent (11+)

She likes Harry Potter up to Book 5, but she will wait until she is older to read the next ones as she feels they are getting too dark for her right now.
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This is coming from a long time middle school teacher. HATCHET by Gary Paulsen is always a favorite. And THE WHITE MOUNTAINS by John Christopher is a great book for boys. I just looked it up and they're now calling it TRIPODS.
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Sorry, I just thought of something else after looking down these lists. Many fine books here. But how many of them are FUNNY? Boys, especially, appreciate humor. There ain't much for them after the Wimpy Kid books. Yes, there are some. But humor is definitely considered "not great literature" by most educators. Look at the poetry kids start getting in middle school. It sort of gets killed for them. Not the kind of stuff kids love to listen to on the radio (meaning song lyrics). So students get down on poetry. I mean, what 6th grade boy really grooves (forgive the ancient vocabulary) on "Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening."
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My niece, who just turned 8, loves the Junie B. Jones series. She also likes "Diary of a Wimpy Kid".
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My 8 year old sister also loves

6-9 (girls) Junie B. Jones book series by Barbara Park.

9+ (girls) The Dork Diaries series by Rachel Renee Russel.

8+ (girls) Beezus and Ramona books by Beverly Cleary.
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