Recommendations for books for son to read please!

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Can anyone please recommend any books for our 11 year old to read. He gets through a book a day when he is in full reading mode. He has read the following amongst many others, C.S Lewis Narnia books, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Darren Shan (Cirque du Freak series), Anthony Horrowitz (Alex Rider series). Any suggestions gratefully received as he is just re-reading all his favourites, I usually order books for him in english off of french amazon but he can read in french as well.

Please forgive the punctuation and grammar in this posting as alas Mr Berrichone Shrimper is not typing this.

 

[MK Shrimper]

His Dark Material Trilogy by Phillip Pullman, possibly the finest books written.

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Thanks but he does not like pullman books,should of said he is ginger.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Classics maybe, Lord of the Flies, Swallows and Amazons, The Hobbit?

 

[Hotman]

Just bought my boy The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy for his 11th bday if that helps

 

[OldBlueLady]

Just bought my boy The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy for his 11th bday if that helps

Good choices, The Hobbit is a good starting point. LotR is much harder to read but at least this way he'll get a feel for the storyline.

 

[Hotman]

I seem to remember reading LotR before senior school, so I'm hoping he'll be ok with it, but you're right in that he needs The Hobbit as an introduction to it.

 

[canveyshrimper]

Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island & Kidnapped. I agree about Lord of the Flies I read that when I was about 12. Some other favourites of mine were HG Wells, some Dickens, I loved the Just William books by Richmal Crompton they still make me laugh to this day.

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Good choices, The Hobbit is a good starting point. LotR is much harder to read but at least this way he'll get a feel for the storyline.

Thirded, read them myself at about that age. Both cracking good books

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

been advised these too by someone with suitably aged book reading kids. Artemis Fowl, and the Michelle Paver series. Still reckon Tolkien myself though

 

[Napster]

Napper Goes for Goal

Failing that, when I was a bit older than that, I read some Eric Van Lustbader and Wilbur Smith. When I was about 11, I remember this book - Falcon's Malteser by Antony Horowitz. Oh, also, Terry Pratchett is good fun as well for younger readers.

 

[osymandus]

AS (and id say a better alternate to LORT and Hobbit ) Ursla Le Quinns Earthsea Quartete . Half teh size of LORT and yet just as much flavour and yummy goddess ;)

Arnt Chalrie Higsosn Young Bond novels supposed to be good as well ?

 

[Suomi Shrimper]

Pratchett's Discworld series is top notch - I started reading those at 12.

 

[Ron Manager]

The Best of Viz

 

[jassyfa1]

Pratchett's Discworld series is top notch - I started reading those at 12.

Add the Pratchett Johnny trilogy to the mix

 

[steveo]

Holes.

Early Dick Francis books.

 

[ibwiajwa]

I read the Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve to my son who was 11 at the time. He loved them and so did I.

http://www.mortalengines.co.uk/

 

[Forever A Shrimper]

The entire CHERUB series. I read it when I was 11 and really enjoyed it.

 

[TrueBlue]

Can anyone please recommend any books for our 11 year old to read. He gets through a book a day when he is in full reading mode. He has read the following amongst many others, C.S Lewis Narnia books, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Darren Shan (Cirque du Freak series), Anthony Horrowitz (Alex Rider series). Any suggestions gratefully received as he is just re-reading all his favourites, I usually order books for him in english off of french amazon but he can read in french as well.

Please forgive the punctuation and grammar in this posting as alas Mr Berrichone Shrimper is not typing this.

Sounds like you have a very bright child there Tone

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Takes after his mother and sister,after 3 years at french school he is top of the class in most subjects but he really does read a book a day,i read a book every 8 years.im sure he is going to be gay.