Reading suggestions: 10 year old boy
Mar. 17th, 2011 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Hello chaps: this is a sort of semi-regular 'recommend books for my child' post.
Background. Daughter is voracious, self-directed reader who works with libraries to find the sort of thing she likes to read.
Son isn't pro-active about books, preferring non-book entertainment when it's available. But has moved on from sharecropping series such as BeastQuest and Warrior Cats, and likes Lemony Snicket and Cherub. Quite a lot of what he reads are the books his sister has just finished reading.
He's currently devouring Little Brother with great enthusiasm.
He needs, I think, plenty of plot and strong young characters. Definite bonus points for computers and video games. We have pretty much no luck with classic books for him.
Background. Daughter is voracious, self-directed reader who works with libraries to find the sort of thing she likes to read.
Son isn't pro-active about books, preferring non-book entertainment when it's available. But has moved on from sharecropping series such as BeastQuest and Warrior Cats, and likes Lemony Snicket and Cherub. Quite a lot of what he reads are the books his sister has just finished reading.
He's currently devouring Little Brother with great enthusiasm.
He needs, I think, plenty of plot and strong young characters. Definite bonus points for computers and video games. We have pretty much no luck with classic books for him.
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Date: 2011-03-17 05:48 pm (UTC)I don't really believe in books not being good for kids, apart from books that aren't good for anybody, and books that will be better kept for later.