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Books for a 12 yr old boy

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AuntieMaryHadACanary · 20/04/2016 20:20

Hi
Can anyone suggest any books for a 12 year old boy? He has enjoyed the Cherub series by Robert Muchamore, The Bear Grylls mission survive series, the Tom Gates books, the How to Train Your Dragon series. He is a good reader, has always loved books but has hit a bit of a wall recently.
Any other ideas gratefully received! Thanks

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bumblingbovine49 · 22/04/2016 13:57

DS (11) like the maze runner set of books by James Dashner

Also he has been reading "The Gone Series by Michael Grant He seems to like them a lot

bumblingbovine49 · 22/04/2016 13:57

Ds like the maze runner set of books by James Dashner. Also he has been reading "The Gone Series by Michael Grant He seems to like them a lot

BlueChampagne · 22/04/2016 13:13

Complete Sherlock Holmes?
Alan Garner?
Kevin Crossley-Holland's Arthur trilogy?

Second Ursula Le Guin

mrsmortis · 21/04/2016 12:34

The Stoneheart trilogy by Charlie Fletcher, especially if you live in London or he is familiar with it. It's based in London in the present day so everything is recognisable but it's a fantasy too and it makes you look at all the monuments and statues you see completely differently.

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AuntieMaryHadACanary · 20/04/2016 21:17

Thanks everyone loads of suggestions, you lot are fab!Smile

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AntiquityUbiquity · 20/04/2016 20:49

Ds12 has recently loved

Rot and Ruin series by Jonathan Maberry
The Knife of Never Letting Go trilogy by Patrick Ness
Re-creating all the Percy Jackson books
Hunger Games books

sunnydayinmay · 20/04/2016 20:44

I have just upgraded ds1's library card and let him loose in the teenage section (12-16's). Loads of books I hadn't heard of.

PotatosMum · 20/04/2016 20:43

Anything by Darren Shann Smile

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AuntieMaryHadACanary · 20/04/2016 20:41

Ooh super suggestions Allalonenow thank you!

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Allalonenow · 20/04/2016 20:37

Holes, or anything by Louis Sachar
Millions, or anything by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Knight's Fee or anything by Rosemary Sutcliff
Anything by Ursula Le Guin
Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth

Older classics, Ivanhoe, The Thirtynine Steps....

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AuntieMaryHadACanary · 20/04/2016 20:37

Thanks marceline I'll have a look at that too.

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AuntieMaryHadACanary · 20/04/2016 20:36

It is a bit of a tricky age isn't it, freshprincess?
Thanks for the suggestion sadik I'll take a look.

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marceline · 20/04/2016 20:36

My 12 yo has just started getting the R L Stine 'Goosebumps' series and seems quite gripped.

Sadik · 20/04/2016 20:28

DD liked the Insignia trilogy (SJ Kincaid)

freshprincess · 20/04/2016 20:27

Marking place so I can pinch some idea. Since DS has started high school and no longer has to fill in his 'reading diary' anymore, he hardly reads anything.

The last set he read was the Charlie Higson Zombie series. I'm struggling to get him interested in anything else.

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