Reading suggestions: 10 year old boy

[bohemiancoast]

Hello chaps: this is a sort of semi-regular 'recommend books for my child' post

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[bopeepsheep]

Only You Can Save Mankind?

smallclanger is devouring Doctor Who novelisations at the moment, as well as Harry Potter, the newest David Walliams one (which he finished in about 2 hours!), and my old Diana Wynne Jones books. He's read all the Wimpy Kid books recently too.

[bohemiancoast]

Will you be at Eastercon? We should probably introduce J to smallclanger.

[bopeepsheep]

I won't this year, but he will be, with his dad (imc). And he should have a name badge identifying himself as Smallclanger. :)

I think we met J last year during live action video games?

[la_marquise_de_]

Mark Walden, The Higher Institute of Villainous Education (H.I.V.E.) and its sequels went down well with my nephews. The hero is a trainee supervillain with lots of gadgets.

[bohemiancoast]

H.I.V.E. does sound perfect.

[dev_iant]

C. thinks that J would like H.I.V.E. and Artemis Fowl.

[la_marquise_de_]

It's popular with the marquis, too.

[mortonhall]

one specific book he might like:

Gamer's Quest by George Ivanoff (it's an Aussie title)

he might also like the Matthew Reilly books or the James Patterson YA books. Both authors have been popular with capable "non-readers"

Also popular for our 10 year old students are:
The Percy Jackson series (Rick Riordan)
The hunger games series (Suzanne Collins)
Skulduggery Pleasant series (Derek Landy)
The Rangers Apprentice series John Flanagan

Yeah, they are all series but they are great stepping stones to other stuff

[bohemiancoast]

Thanks! He's read at least some of Percy Jackson; we did the first one as bedtime reading and M bought several of the others.

[lil_shepherd]

Has he tried Eoin Colfer? Those are pretty young male orientated. May still be a bit old for him, though.

[alextfish]

Ah, good call. Artemis Fowl is a fantastic young supergenius hacker protagonist, and that series combines great twisty plots, great characters, and delightful gadgets.

Fowler's others such as The Supernaturalist are also good, but IMHO less good than the Artemis Fowl series.

[drplokta]

Ender's Game. But it might not be good for him...

[peteyoung]

Yes to this. There was a y/a edition published by Atom a few years back.

[bohemiancoast]

ooh good call. I bet he'd love it.

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.