Get my 10 year old son reading again!

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Cupcake2000 · 05/10/2010 13:59

My ten year old son hates reading, he read all three of the 'wimpy kid' books over the summer, but isnt interested in anything else, Can you recomend any other books to get him to enjoy reading again... Thanks!

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SkippyjonJones · 05/10/2010 14:14

This is also great, perhaps a higher level read but is quite short. Brilliant author www.amazon.co.uk/Revolver-Marcus-Sedgwick/dp/1444000055/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286284437&sr=1-1

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Cupcake2000 · 05/10/2010 14:11

Thankyou so much! I am writing these down and hopefully get him to reading again! The school doesnt seem to encourage reading once they get into Year 6..Once they have completed the reading system in school its basically a case of choose a library book and thats it!!!argh!

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SkippyjonJones · 05/10/2010 14:09

Also this www.amazon.co.uk/Holes-Louis-Sachar/dp/0747563667 or anything by Louis Sachar

SkippyjonJones · 05/10/2010 14:06

www.amazon.co.uk/Strange-Case-Origami-Yoda/dp/0810984253/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1286283971&sr=8-1 is perfect for him.

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Cupcake2000 · 05/10/2010 14:06

At the end of year 5 he was a level 4C (sats) He is really struggling in Literacy and im hoping that getting him into reading will help him become more confident in his writing. He has always been a confident reader but over the past 2 years has lost interest in reading :(

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hallowedbethyname · 05/10/2010 14:04

My son was the same at his age, have you tried Darren Shan books? Vampires and demons, but with humour, and not in a girly twilight way!

Ingles2 · 05/10/2010 14:02

What level of reader is he and what level is he happy reading?

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