Stephen King for a thirteen year old ds

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Ds is bored with re-reading all the stuff on his shelves but doesn't seem to be interested in pursuing anything new. I'm thinking of casting a few Stephen Kings his way but it's years since I read any of his books so can't remember details of too gory/sexual.

Any recommendations?

TIA.

I read them at that sort of age, not sure I would want my dc's doing so!

You could start him off with Eye of the Dragon. Then move onto The Talisman maybe?

I stole James Herbert's The Rats out of my dads wardrobe at that age. Twas an eye opener. SK is mild in comparison, plus he doesn't really do graphic sex. Something like Insomnia might be good. Or how about some fantasy or sci fi? Asimov or David eddings maybe?

Talisman or Eyes of the Dragon.

Thanks, some good suggestions. Will add them to my list .

puffylovett I remember being a bit at The Rats as well!

Watching this thread as have a 14 soon to be 15 year old DS in hospital that I would like to buy some new books for. He has just read all the hunger games books. Any suggestions?

I read all the Stephen king and James Herbert books between the ages of 11 and 14. The James Herbert Fluke is brilliant, about a dog that thinks he' a man... Or a man that thinks he's a dog. The books are so well written, your DC will learn just from that alone.

I read SK at that age and really regret it; a couple of books I found very disturbing. There's loads of fantastic fiction out here for adults and young adult/teenage audience, which would e far more appropriate.

What books has he enjoyed in the past?

I agree roisin, which is why I'm asking people who might be more familiar with SK as I know a lot of his work wouldn't be suitable for ds.

He likes sci-fi so puffy's suggestion of Asimov is on the list. He's devouring Hunger Games just now, loving them.

He's enjoyed Skullduggery Pleaseant, Artemis Fowl, Garth Nix (Mister Monday etc), Harry Potter (natch ), tried a couple of Pratchett but didn't really gel. Douglas Adams, Pullman, Horowitz. He has a tendency to re-read old favourites so doesn't stretch his reading. Tbh I'm looking for subtle ways of developing his reading as his English isn't up to scratch because of his AS. A few 'interesting' characters would help .

AmethystMoon thanks for reminding me about Fluke. On the list!

Start him on the dark tower series. It's the best thing King has written and isn't out and out horror!

ah, actually it was James Herbert I was thinking of at that age, not Stephen King.

I read them at that age, would do again.

The problem with SK is his shorter books tend to be a bit poo (would avoid the long ones, like Insomnia which was about 500 pages), from memory the Richard Bachman stories tend to be less horror/gory than the SK ones; Thinner, Running Man, Rage (although that's about a high school student shooting teachers).

If he likes Sci-fi, would Richard Matheson/Philip K Dick float his boat?
They both have quite a few short story collections out (so, hopefully, he won't get bored).

Under The Dome is good I am trudnling through 11.22.63 which is OK, he also wrote The Green Mile which is a great film but never read the book.

The Stand is by far his best book.