Story books for a 10 yr old boy...help please

Chocmonster7

The Goosebumps books always seem to be popular with that age group. I have managed to pick up loads of them cheaply in charity shops for my neice who 11. She's been reading them for a couple of years now. As someone else mentioned the Lemony Snicket ones are popular with her friends too!

Amanda65

My 10 year old son loves the Deltora quest books. They are fantasy adventure type and I have been gradually building up the set from Amazon.

plumpmouse

Redwall books

He can watch the cartoon on Pop (if you have sky) and read the books at same time. May find it easier to watch and read

Schoollink has 10 books for £10 here

HariboJunkie

Why not let him make his own. I got one from Letterbox. They send you a kit, The child writes the story and illustrates it and sends it back. They then return the finished product. Will try to find the link.

HariboJunkie

Here it is

https://www.letterbox.co.uk/Personalised_Presents_cat1/Books_C_D_s_Jigsaws_cat187/WRITE_YOUR_OWN_BOOK_code_0190.html

LizD_2

culpepper wrote:

Aquila by Andrew Norris
Its about some boys who find a little space craft amongst Roman remains buried in the ground.
Not a very long book but lots of action and great for feeding imagination.

Jennings books by Anthony Buckeridge about boys at a boarding school.
Not a bit like Enid Blyton and hillarious.

Just William books by Richmal Crompton (the story tapes are great too read by Martin Jarvis)

Aquila was dramatised for children's television a few years back. If you try the BBC shop, there may be a video/DVD that might encourage your son to read the book as well.

ruthyjo

My boys are both good readers and will read from a wide selection. However I've noticed that what they swap in the playground are the Robert Muchamore cherub series and friends have reported that reluctant readers read these. Some of the content is a bit grownup (they're in the teenage section in Waterstones) but they're not a difficult read (less hardgoing than Harry Potter for instance).

As well as Alex Rider (and you could get your son the dvd of Stormbreaker to warm him up) my boys like Anthony Horowitz's Ravensgate and The Power of Five books which are the first two of another projected series, still a teenage boy hero but more concerned with the supernatural.

jfdi

Mine'd never read to me at that age, so we either read (forced!) Horrible Histories or the sports pages at the back of the paper!

Doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's 'challenging' for them - either in vocabulary or thought processes.

Musta done something right, he's at Uni now!

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Smiley_Mum

simone2697 wrote:

My son is 9 and a half and LOVES the Horrid Henry books. He is also starting to get into the Harry Potter books and the Lemony Snicket books.
Would it be worth taking him to the library and seeing what sort of books he picks himself and enjoys - or does he bring certain types of book home from school (if he gets to pick his reading or school library books)?

I'll second that!!! My wee boy loves Horrid Henry books too.

Syman

the Artemis Fowl books are worth a look too.

easy to read, quite exciting in places

Artemis Fowl

As already posted, Enid Blyton - Famous Five or Secret Seven are Classic childrens stories ( though a bit dated now) and Lemony Snickett.