Classic book recomendations for boys.

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  • splashangel
    splashangel Posts: 494 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
    Ru
    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

    SherryTeach, Wonder by R.J. Palacio will be on our " must read" list. My youngest has a facial deformity. It is very common on my husband's side. He has been teased and called names. Mostly though, kid's just want to know about it. It's a painful subject with my husband because he feels his pain. Last year our oldest read Nick Vujicic's story. ( Man with no arms or legs) It took him about 9 monthes reading a little at a time. But, I watched him grow with each page. Thank you for taking the time to list all these.
  • twinmom14ek
    twinmom14ek Posts: 174 Member
    Oh, I love buying books for kids in that age range! Most of my book recommendations on Amazon are for juvenile fiction because I always give my husband's step-siblings books as gifts. :happy: Here are some that I love--didn't see them mentioned above.

    The Westing Game
    The Island on Bird Street
    The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and the rest of the Narnia series)
    A Wrinkle in Time (and other Madeline L'Engle novels)
    Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
    The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
    From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Franankweiler
    Mary Poppins (there are actually quite a few MP books, and quite different from the movie)
    Treasure Island
    Black Arrow

    If you're really interested in more traditional literature classics, you may want to look for abridged versions. I remember having quite a few growing up...they had short, thick books with almost every other page illustrated. I think that's how I first read Little Women, Black Beauty, and some others. If you can find something along those lines, it's not too early to introduce them to some things like The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.
  • splashangel
    splashangel Posts: 494 Member
    Oh, I love buying books for kids in that age range! Most of my book recommendations on Amazon are for juvenile fiction because I always give my husband's step-siblings books as gifts. :happy: Here are some that I love--didn't see them mentioned above.

    The Westing Game
    The Island on Bird Street
    The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and the rest of the Narnia series)
    A Wrinkle in Time (and other Madeline L'Engle novels)
    Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
    The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
    From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Franankweiler
    Mary Poppins (there are actually quite a few MP books, and quite different from the movie)
    Treasure Island
    Black Arrow

    If you're really interested in more traditional literature classics, you may want to look for abridged versions. I remember having quite a few growing up...they had short, thick books with almost every other page illustrated. I think that's how I first read Little Women, Black Beauty, and some others. If you can find something along those lines, it's not too early to introduce them to some things like The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.
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    Thank you replying. They loved Black Beauty. I bet you anything they will love the Three Musketeers! There are so many great books recommended on this post. I'm sure we will be making some really good memories between the pages.
  • Maddi_InBetweenDays
    Maddi_InBetweenDays Posts: 177
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    Treasure Island
    The Invisible Man
    and although not "classics" the Star Wars original trilogy is pretty awesome.
  • goforthd5
    goforthd5 Posts: 167
    bump
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    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.

    How "classic"? Like REALLY old classic, or classic from 1950-present?

    I like:

    The Three Musketeers
    Peter Pan
    Robinson Crusoe
    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
    Robin Hood
    Treasure Island
    Around the World in 80 Days
    20,000 Leaues Under the Sea
    Journey to the Center of the Earth
    Ben Hur
    The old Hardy Boys' series
    My brother really loved the Chronicles of Narnia series at that age, and he wasn't much older than them when he started reading the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
    Also, my nephew loved the Percy Jackson series (still does) at that age. Really, anything to do with Greek mythology.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
    The Hobbit
  • adf4
    adf4 Posts: 31 Member
    Hardy Boys!! And I think there is another set of newer books my boys like and I *think* they are called the Braxton Brothers..they look for these new ones every time we go to the library.:smile:
  • MemphisGirl75
    MemphisGirl75 Posts: 80 Member
    My son (now 13) loved The Hobbit series and the Chronicles of Narnia. But we're uber-geeks though :wink:
  • dmpizza
    dmpizza Posts: 3,321 Member
    "Classic"
    I used to and stil love Jules Verne.
    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    Journey to the Center of the Earth

    There are abrdiged versions that may appeal to the younger generation.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    The Chrysalids.
  • adf4
    adf4 Posts: 31 Member
    I was wrong..it's the Brixton Brothers..sorry!:flowerforyou:
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    Authors:

    Mark Twain
    JRR Tolkien
    Jack London
    Alexandre Dumas
    Jules Verne
    HG Wells
    Baroness Orczy
    Ray Bradbury
    Robert A Heinlein
    Anne McCaffery
  • ickybella
    ickybella Posts: 1,438 Member
    This isn't a classic, but the book The Thief of Always by Clive Barker is great! My mom read it to my brother and me when we were around that age and we loved it.
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    The Count of Monte Cristo

    ETD: spelling error! Grrr auto-correct!
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    The Count of Monte Christo


    Ooooh, good one...and The Man in the Iron Mask and The Scarlett Pimpernel
  • CaWaterBug8
    CaWaterBug8 Posts: 1,040 Member
    All of these are great, but I don't think I saw Grimm's fairy tales. They're great at any age.
  • valeriebpdx
    valeriebpdx Posts: 497 Member
    bump. My boys especially liked Harry Potter and the Percy Jackson series. My older liked the Fablehaven books; I tried reading the 1st one with my younger and thought it was awful. My 13-y-o read and loved the Hunger Games (don't think it's OK for the 10-y-o yet) and has started reading Ray Bradbury. He also liked a book (might be a series?) called 100 Cupboards.
  • angelgracestanton
    angelgracestanton Posts: 3 Member
    Some that I used to love that might also appeal to your boys are:

    "The Chronicles of Narnia"
    "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings"
    "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
    "Crispin and the Cross of Lead" (and its sequels)
    "Inkheart" series
    "Warriors" series (go to warriorcats.com to find the correct order of the books, can be a bit tricky.)
    "Guardians of Ga'hoole" series

    Any of Eva Ibbotson's books
    Any of Kate DiCamillo's books, especially "The Tale of Desperaux"
    If they get in the mood for something a little spooky, a Goosebumps book by R. L. Stine is usually fun. :)

    I know most of these aren't considered classics, but I always loved them so much!

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