Recommend me a book?

VJsmum

How to Train Your Dragon? series by Cressida Cowell? Better than the films. The audio version read by David Tennant is great for the car and very funny - even for adults

pollyanna24

I second the Gone series by Michael Grant where kids under the age of 15 are stuck in a "bubble" in their home town and anyone over that age disappears.

artbaron

'Railsea' by China Mieville. A thousand miles ahead of anything else I can think of, and not patronising and dumbed down. I read it myself, it's fantastic.

Elsewhere

If he's not averse to fantasy, my son and his friends were all reading "The Belgariad" series by David Eddings at that age.

Tygermoth

The Belgariad, I LOVED that when i was a young teen (but saying that there was no books for that age when i was a youngen)

Ready player one, Ernest Cline- is awesome the most enjoyable book i have read in a while. not sure if its a young teen, but a slightly older teen or a mature reader?

heartbreak_star

tea_lover wrote: »

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.

Urn Burial and Futuretrack 5 were my favourites

Just thought as well, depending on his maturity the Dragonlance Chronicles might be good too - I first read those at 13ish.

(Yes, I'm a bit of a swords-and-sorcery geek!)

HBS x

dottymrsp

Ender's Game - the movies quite recent, so it has a slightly 'popular' feel to it. But it's an INCREDIBLE book.

elsien

heartbreak_star wrote: »

(Yes, I'm a bit of a swords-and-sorcery geek!)

HBS x

Me too. But I'm not sure it's quite his thing.

pollypenny

Where does the lad live, Elsien?

Robert Westall was a Geordie, then spent years teaching in Cheshire. His books often capture the areas.

The Stones of Muncaster Catherdral is clearly Chester and safety is gained by crossing the Dee to Wales.

pollypenny

pollyanna24 wrote: »

I second the Gone series by Michael Grant where kids under the age of 15 are stuck in a "bubble" in their home town and anyone over that age disappears.

John Christopher has a similar theme with Empty World, where a virus kills off people over 20.

It's actually that good, I bought a set out off my own money when I was taking over a low set , mostly lads.