Classic book recomendations for boys.

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splashangel
splashangel Posts: 494 Member
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I'm looking for books to read with my 10 and 11 year old boys. Mostly interested in classics but am open to anything else that might be fun.
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  • welchc05
    welchc05 Posts: 7
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    Roald Dahl (if you haven't read them all with them yet)
    Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
    Hunger Games
    Percy Jackson series (modern spin on Greek myths)
    Alex Rider series (my students love these)
    Sherlock Holmes (classic!)
  • gomisskellygo
    gomisskellygo Posts: 635 Member
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    My Side of Mountain (my son LOVED this)
    Hatchet (by Gary Paulson)
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid
    Artimus Fowl Series
    Hank Zipper Series (?) Written by Fonzie!
  • nz_deevaa
    nz_deevaa Posts: 12,209 Member
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    My son loved Robert Muchamore's CHERUB series.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,143 Member
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    I LOVED "Johnny Tremain" when I was about that age.
  • anniebcarpenter
    anniebcarpenter Posts: 3
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    I teach 8 & 9 year olds but some that they may love that my students love....

    Spiderwick Chronicles
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid
    Old Yeller
    Where the Red Fern Grows
    Indian in the Cupboard
    Hatchet
    Call of the Wild
  • Maurice1966
    Maurice1966 Posts: 438 Member
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    My 10 yo and I are reading Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan (Aussie author).
  • purpleblaze
    purpleblaze Posts: 90
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    what about the goosebump series?
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
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    The Hardy Boys!
  • Manrahan
    Manrahan Posts: 40
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    Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.

    People never seem to know it when I mention it, which is a shame. I remember loving it when I was a wee Boyrahan, and I just learned that it won the 1956 Newbery Medal. Who knew?
  • Kickinkim418
    Kickinkim418 Posts: 257 Member
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    Huck FInn
  • coopersmom2006
    coopersmom2006 Posts: 839
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    I also say anything Roald Dahl. Just finished "George's Marvelous Medicine" with my son (he's 6 but reading on almost a 3rd grade level) and he LOVED it.
  • lnd2011
    lnd2011 Posts: 70 Member
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    Another good one is Sounder
  • dbevisjr
    dbevisjr Posts: 183
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    "The Old Man and the Sea" is what started it for my son. I gave him a copy when he was 10. He's 25 now and if you ever see him without a book in his hand you can assume the world is coming to an end sooner than later. He reads everything now though. From classics to modern to sci-fi. The only thing he doesn't enjoy reading is Shakespeare but of course he had to do it for his degree.
  • shawnakuipery
    shawnakuipery Posts: 39 Member
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    Peter and the Starcatchers series, its a Peter Pan series that starts from when Peter was an orphan boy. I'm currently reading it right now lol.
  • juliekaiser1988
    juliekaiser1988 Posts: 604 Member
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    It's good to go with the classics, because they'll have to know it come high school. Son is currently reading For Whom the Bells Toll.

    Last summer he read "The Book Thief" which was VERY good. Highly recommend it.
  • EmilyTwist1
    EmilyTwist1 Posts: 206 Member
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    The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
    Frendle
    Huck Finn
    The Giver
    My Side of the Mountain
    The Chronicles of Narnia
  • splashangel
    splashangel Posts: 494 Member
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    OH Wow! THANK YOU ALL!!!
    Some of these we have read. Old Yeller, Sounder,The oldman and the sea (dbevisjr, my youngest liked this one) Huck Finn, Diary of a Wimpy Kid... And all are super recommendations. There are so many responses that I'd be hard pressed to acknowledge them all. My Side of the Mountain was one of my favorites and it's next in line. I am really surprised at how many of these I do not recognize. Some I have googled and want to read my self. We don't have T.V. so reading is a hugh thing in our home. Again, I really, really appreciate every book title on this page.
  • missymuffet459
    missymuffet459 Posts: 162
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    bump
  • jdruiz89
    jdruiz89 Posts: 42 Member
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    The Giver.
  • davidsgirl145
    davidsgirl145 Posts: 162 Member
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    Charlotte's Web

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