Book for a young adolescent boy.
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Bluesgirl said:
What genre does he prefer? Do you know what he's reading at present?
No idea really. But some of the titles I saw yesterday were what you could call inspirational. I don’t want to appear to be preaching to him though.One of the them might have been called, “Be nice, be yourself and the world will open up before you”. That wasn’t the title, but that was the gist. I didn’t have time to peruse the rest of the section.
Other than being funny and suggest a playboy, what about Scifi?
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By 13 I was reading all sorts of stuff. Something like Terry Pratchett would be a good shout - start with the early stuff so maybe do The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic. For sci fi Harry Harrissons Stainless Steel Rat books are great.
If he's a bit more mature then Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series is a great way to learn about British history - obviously set during the Napoleonic wars but are more swashbuckling than anything else. Doesn't really matter where you start.
For more recent stuff something like Anthony Horowitz's Storm Rider series - James Bond jr type stuff.
There's so much to recommend :-)
If he's a bit more mature then Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series is a great way to learn about British history - obviously set during the Napoleonic wars but are more swashbuckling than anything else. Doesn't really matter where you start.
For more recent stuff something like Anthony Horowitz's Storm Rider series - James Bond jr type stuff.
There's so much to recommend :-)
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I read these sooo many times as a teenager
I actually just read through the alex rider ones recently as a 27 year old just to reminisce - I was only going to read the first book but they're really quite good
Some of the tech they use is laughably old fashioned already but it doesn't detract from the stories
If he hasn't read the Harry Potter books, there's a reason they sold so well - must have read them up to ten times (Read them from the beginning every time a new one came out and then maybe two extra times since)
It might not be cool to read (Especially HP!) but I just didn't tell anyone else that I would stay up until 1/2 every night reading so I maintained my super cool status (NOT!!)
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I read these sooo many times as a teenager
I actually just read through the alex rider ones recently as a 27 year old just to reminisce - I was only going to read the first book but they're really quite good
Some of the tech they use is laughably old fashioned already but it doesn't detract from the stories
If he hasn't read the Harry Potter books, there's a reason they sold so well - must have read them up to ten times (Read them from the beginning every time a new one came out and then maybe two extra times since)
It might not be cool to read (Especially HP!) but I just didn't tell anyone else that I would stay up until 1/2 every night reading so I maintained my super cool status (NOT!!)
The Witcher series. The books are really good but I need to warn you it has adult content in it, but if the boy is 13 he probably knows more about flowers and bees already, and fantasy is a great and soft introduction into more serious topics. I've read them when I was that age and it left sincere memories and made me ask a lot of meaningful questions.
A lot would depend on what he's interested in just now. I'd read and enjoyed "Hornblower" by 13, not to mention "Biggles" etc. This lead on to quite a bit of military history. Maybe try "Flashman"? Terry Pratchett is a good suggestion, as is "Moby-Dick", though the latter is not an easy read.
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