Which books for my son?

[PaWithABra]

when he could be playing on the wii ?

ha ha no.. this jsut seems the most well read part of the forum so i anticipate getting the most feedback.

What books would you recommend for a boy of 10 going on 11 to take for holiday reading.
He has read all the harry potter , percy jacksons is currently reading war horse..

he reads everyday and seems to like long involved stories. to help you gauge his level, he tried the lord of the rings but lost interest ...

cheers

pa

Neil Gaiman is supposed to be good for his age group.

How about the Hobbit? The film is coming out this year.

Ah the hobbit .. of course .

will look into neil gaimman

Chronicles of Narnia
Phillip Pullman
Terry Pratchett

Charlie Higson wrote some good ones as well.

My first thought was the hobbit too

Classic.

I actually did start a thread asking whether I should try to encourage DD1 onto the computer because she reads so much

IWBU apparently

Percy Jackson series's is good too.

Chronicles of Narnia
Phillip Pullman

hes read them... but not terry prachet..

keep em coming.. hes away for the whole summer so i want to get him a mini library.
Funny how kids read these days .. we never did , we were out or watching telly.
i never read a novel till i was 18 .

I read everything and anything. The first place I was allowed to go on my own was the library. I would totter off, get my 6 books on the Monday and potter back along by Wednesday for some more.

Think I was 8.

Eragon.
The Lemony Snicket books - Series of Unfortunate Events
Ink heart - was made into a film but was a book first

he has the lemony sniket books .. they get dipped into but didnt really seem to catch on...
Eragon.. that was the worst film i ever sat though...

Michael Morpurgo?

Alan garner - the dark is rising/all the others
Jack London (maybe)
Treasure island
Moonfleet
Swallows and amazons (and all the others)
Huckleberry Finn
20,000 leagues under the sea

Quite fancy sitting down reading them again myself!

Jasper Fforde

Malorie Blackman-Hacker, Antidote
Anthony Horowitz- Horowitz Horror, Diamond brothers series
Skulduggery Pleasant

Oh I do love a stealth boast, I do! And this is a very skilful one.

That being said, here are some ideas.

Itch, by Simon Mayo- (yes, that one.)
The Hunger Games
0utlaw, by Michael Morpogo.
Skellig
Holes
Sherlock Holmes stories.

Terry Deary?

If he is a sciency type, Stephen Hawking wrote a book called George and the big bang which sounds interesting.

My 11 year old loved the Dark Materials trilogy and is in the middle of the Mortal Engines (Philip Reeve) books.

My son is 10 and loves:

Percy Jackson series
Artemis Fowl Series
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Author Anthony Horowitz - Alex Ryder series
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
Young Samurai series by Chris Bradford
Philip Pullman's Dark Materials series
Michelle Paver's - Chronicles Of Ancient Darkness series

The Hunger Games Trilogy

The Hounds Of The Morrigan - Pat O'Shea

I've been reading with a year 6 who loves the Alex Ryder series and I have to say I might even have to get them for myself.

"Oh I do love a stealth boast, I do! And this is a very skilful one."

you what ?

thanks for all the suggestions

there is plenty there for me to look into.. the hunger games seems to come up a lot.
I liked the suggestion of the old classics .. he seemed less than impressed with them in waterstones .. maybe they dont have cool covers.. I could slip one into his books .. he might love it ..
which do you think would be the most appealing ? isnt huckelberry fin the one with constant reference to niggers ?

David Walliams books? Don't know if they are too young but I enjoyed them and I'm 31!

It is. But it's an interesting look at slavery in some parts.

I read Tom Sawyer and Huckelberry Finn at about that age and it didn't turn me into a racist. It did show the injustice to a degree though.

my son loves the pirate series books