Books for bright 12 yr old boy

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clare21 · 15/12/2009 20:26

I'd like to buy a couple of books for my nephew, pref classics. He's enjoyed Thirty Nine Steps, and I think he's more taken by genuine classics than more contemporary fiction which he just passes to younger brothers.

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LadyPeterWimsey · 15/12/2009 20:29

My bright 11 year old loved Sherlock Holmes and P G Wodehouse.

LIZS · 15/12/2009 20:32

Agatha Christie, Curious Incident of the Dog.

TabithaTwitchet · 15/12/2009 20:45

Chocky, by John Wyndham

SnowMuchToBits · 15/12/2009 20:46

My ds also loves Sherlock Holmes. How about things like Jules Verne as well? Well-written adventure stories.

cory · 15/12/2009 23:56

Also Three Musqueteers, Treasure Island.

mimsum · 16/12/2009 20:11

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Isaac Asimov - ds enjoyed I, Robot
Around the World in 80 Days
War of the Worlds

Has he read His Dark Materials? Contemporary but definitely a 'genuine classic'

MissGreatBritain · 20/12/2009 08:57

Tom's Midnight Garden? Treasure Island? Swallows and Amazons? The Wonderful Wizard of Oz? Tom Sawyer and Hucklebury Finn? Gulliver's Travels?

GrumpyYoungFogey · 09/01/2010 21:53

A genuinely bright twelve-year old ought to be happy reading most adult fiction, unless it is especially "literary"/unreadable like Ulysses or something.

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