Classic book recomendations for boys.

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
    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
    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
    My son loved Robert Muchamore's CHERUB series.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,320 Member
    I LOVED "Johnny Tremain" when I was about that age.
  • anniebcarpenter
    anniebcarpenter Posts: 3
    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: 419 Member
    My 10 yo and I are reading Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan (Aussie author).
  • purpleblaze
    purpleblaze Posts: 90
    what about the goosebump series?
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    The Hardy Boys!
  • Manrahan
    Manrahan Posts: 40
    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
    Huck FInn
  • coopersmom2006
    coopersmom2006 Posts: 839
    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
    Another good one is Sounder
  • dbevisjr
    dbevisjr Posts: 183
    "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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    bump
  • jdruiz89
    jdruiz89 Posts: 42 Member
    The Giver.
  • davidsgirl145
    davidsgirl145 Posts: 162 Member
    Charlotte's Web
  • domsmoms
    domsmoms Posts: 174 Member
    How about Harry Potter?
  • Jester522
    Jester522 Posts: 392
    The Hunger Games
    Adventures of Huckleberry Fin
    Catcher in the Rye
    The Alchemist
    As I Lay Dying.... It's a real dark comedy and difficult language but it's so good! Not for 10yo's
    Of Mice and Men
    Big Fish

    Fifty Shades of Grey.. kidding. Lol.
  • WABeachWalker
    WABeachWalker Posts: 133 Member
    The Chronicles of Narnia (I esp liked "The Magician's Nephew"--funny, imaginative, and you learn how the lightpost came to be in the middle of Narnia)

    Call it Courage
    White Fang
    Hardy Boys series
    Three Detectives Series
    Encyclopedia Brown
    Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (about an ADHD boy)
  • quietlywinning
    quietlywinning Posts: 889 Member
    Little Britches and Little Britches Grows Up. I read those with my son at that age and we both loved it. They are OLD books, so you may have to check e-bay, 2nd hand book stores, etc. We got them in the library but that was 10-12 years ago and they were old then. Some libraries do still keep the old books, but ours throws them out. :(
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    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.


    I teach 7th and 8th grade. I can't imagine what kind of 10 year old would be ready for Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls. There is plenty of time for classics, age-appropriate ones when the time comes. Youth is the time for wide and varied reading. . there is a wealth of well-written middle grade and young adult lit out there now. Gary Paulsen, Will Hobbs, Rick Riordan. . . all extremely popular with my boys. For a great read for both genders, try Wonder by R.J. Palacio. It will change your life. The author was interviewed a few months ago on NPR. You can listen to the clip on line.
  • love22step
    love22step Posts: 1,103 Member
    The Virginian by Owen Wister. I think the main character sets a great example of a manly man. It has a lot of funny and adventurous scenarios that boys would like, but you may enjoy it even more. I fell in love with the Virginian when I was a teenager and read the book three times. :) Now, I'm married to a manly man and loving it.
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    I could make a more complete list if I were standing in my classroom right now where I have 1000 books for kids to check out. Here are some of my popular titles among the boys:

    Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
    The Maze Runner
    Rot & Ruin
    The Hunger Games
    Bluefish
    Blood Red Road
    Hoot
    Heart of a Samurai
    Rules
    Divergent
    The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda
    Peak
    The Wednesday Wars
    Cosmic
    The Things a Brother Knows
    The London Eye Mystery
    The Knife of Never Letting Go
    Across the Universe
    No More Dead Dogs
    Schooled
    Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
    The City of Ember
    The Uglies
    The Loser List
    The Eleventh Plague
    The Juvie Three
  • splashangel
    splashangel Posts: 494 Member
    The Giver.
    I googled this one. It's diffrent, huh? Did you read it and if so, how old?
  • splashangel
    splashangel Posts: 494 Member
    The Chronicles of Narnia (I esp liked "The Magician's Nephew"--funny, imaginative, and you learn how the lightpost came to be in the middle of Narnia)

    Call it Courage
    White Fang
    Hardy Boys series
    Three Detectives Series
    Encyclopedia Brown
    Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (about an ADHD boy)

    White Fang was one of their favorites! Thank you for the suggestions!
  • splashangel
    splashangel Posts: 494 Member
    The Virginian by Owen Wister. I think the main character sets a great example of a manly man. It has a lot of funny and adventurous scenarios that boys would like, but you may enjoy it even more. I fell in love with the Virginian when I was a teenager and read the book three times. :) Now, I'm married to a manly man and loving it.

    I am so with you here. I started reading Louis Lamore when I was around 12? I still read them occasionally. I joked that they were my romance novels. William Tell Sackett * SIGH* :love: My boys like them o.k. Not big on them though. Thank you for the reminder on the Virginian. Oh.... And I'm now married to a manly man :)

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