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Recommend me a book?
elsien
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Hi, looking to buy my 12 year old nephew a book for Christmas. His mum says he likes the Alex Ryder books and something called the cherub series, so I'm after something that a boy who likes these will also like. Not a voucher, as he's getting money so this is to give him something proper to open on Christmas day. Any recommendations?
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Has he read the Hunger Games and Maze Runner series? Both available for less than a tenner for the set.0
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Ds read those and also the Wolf Brother series, Young James Bond books by Charlie Higson, most of the other Anthony Horowitz books, the Gone series and The Knife of Never Letting Go.0
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I second the Anthony Horowitz, (my son also likes Alex Ryder) the Skulduggery series and most (if not all!) of the David Walliams - these have him laughing hysterically and he reads them over and over again0
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Oh and if he's a good reader the Hunger games and Divergent series0
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Or for something a bit 'vintage' maybe some Three Investigators books? I loved those, read them so many times. I still get excited if I find one in a charity shop.0
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What about Terry Pratchett?0
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The Bodyguard series by Chris Bradford - described by the publisher as books that "fans of Cherub and Alex Rider will love. This is Lee Child for younger readers - a teenage Jason Bourne for the next generation".0
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I loved Fighting Fantasy books at his age, and I'm sure some of them have been re-released?
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Anything by John Christopher, such as The Prince in Waiting Trilogy or Fireball.
Try Robert Westall, Robert Cormier or Robert Swindell.
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I'd forgotten about Robert Westall, he's written some crackers. Think I'll be re-reading some of these suggestions
ETA: the more I think about Robert Westall the more I remember how much I liked his books. Blitzcat, The Kingdom by the Sea and The Machine Gunners were excellent, and Break of Dark still freaks me out just thinking about it.0
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