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Started by Josephus, January 27, 2021, 04:12:57 PM

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Oexmelin

#15
January 27, 2021, 05:33:37 PM
Quote from: Tyr on January 27, 2021, 05:00:55 PM
Sounds like comic territory. He tried many of those?
I've heard of kids being weened onto reading via steadily more complex comics.

I'm totally not representative but I remember at that age I was very into Forgotten Realms. Pulpy and nothing complex. Drizzt of course is the best.

Surely comic books are not allowed by school for book reports.
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HisMajestyBOB

#16
January 27, 2021, 07:02:19 PM
William Sleater has some awesome sci fi books for kids that age. I read them in early middle school and loved them.
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Caliga

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January 27, 2021, 07:11:31 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2021, 04:16:52 PM
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Thirded.  I can't recall if it was easy to read though. :hmm:
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PDH

#18
January 27, 2021, 07:18:43 PM
James Joyce - Ulysses.

Might as well start with the setting on "hard" to see how you do.
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Grey Fox

#19
January 27, 2021, 07:51:11 PM
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson.
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#20
January 27, 2021, 09:02:19 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 27, 2021, 07:51:11 PM
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson.

The Mistborn Trilogy is pretty good and age appropriate too.
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grumbler

#21
January 27, 2021, 09:04:06 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 27, 2021, 07:11:31 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2021, 04:16:52 PM
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Thirded.  I can't recall if it was easy to read though. :hmm:

It's rated as suitable for 8th graders.  That's 13 or so, but if the reader isn't up to grade level, maybe not.
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#22
January 27, 2021, 10:36:57 PM
Quote from: Eddie Teach on January 27, 2021, 04:42:24 PM
Ender's Game

Was considering this one but there are a few dark moments.

Admiral Yi

#23
January 27, 2021, 10:48:30 PM
I couldn't make it through Ender's Game.  I thought it was goofy.

Josephus

#24
January 28, 2021, 07:45:50 AM
Quote from: PDH on January 27, 2021, 07:18:43 PM
James Joyce - Ulysses.

Might as well start with the setting on "hard" to see how you do.

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Josephus

#25
January 28, 2021, 07:46:53 AM
Thanks.Great suggestions. I'll pass them along

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Syt

#26
January 28, 2021, 07:51:23 AM
Does he like Star Wars? I'd say most if not all of it is appropriate for teenagers, but there are young reader/junior novel lines:

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Timeline_of_canon_books

Some are more violent or such than others of course. I would e.g. not recommend the Aftermath Trilogy if that's a concern.
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Razgovory

#27
January 28, 2021, 09:20:00 AM
I read several of those David Eddings books at that age.  They had funny dialogue, a teenage protagonists and individually the books were short... of course there was like five of them.
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#28
January 28, 2021, 01:14:40 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2021, 09:04:06 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 27, 2021, 07:11:31 PM
Quote from: grumbler on January 27, 2021, 04:16:52 PM
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
Thirded.  I can't recall if it was easy to read though. :hmm:

It's rated as suitable for 8th graders.  That's 13 or so, but if the reader isn't up to grade level, maybe not.

Well, my son read and enjoyed it in grade 5 so ymmv
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