Books for a 12 year old boy

Ames

What are your rules on swearing, sex and violence?

AndyBSG

As mentioned above, the obvious choices for someone who enjoyed Hunger games are the Divergent and Maze Runner stories by Veronica Roth and James Dashner.

Others to consider would be

- Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
- Enders Game by Orson Card

I'd say the His Dark Materials trilogy is probably suited to someone a bit older than 12 but if you're looking for some older classic books i'd go for the following.

- Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
- Narnia series by C S Lewis
- Diary Of A Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
- Ergaon by Christopher Paolini

My personal recommendation though would be I Am David by Anne Holm. The first book I ever read more than once and have probably read it over a dozen times despite being over 40!

DevilsAdvocate1

Thanks everyone for your replies.

I want to get him a book for Christmas to go alongside his main present. Definitely a lot for me to look into. Some I recognise and remember my middle son reading - such as Holes.

Some of them my youngest has read, but there are a lot here that I don't recognise, so think I've got a day of reasearch in store :T

Thanks.

adea

The Maximum Ride series by James Patterson are a good read.
I also recommend,as others have, Rick Riordan and J K Rowling

Tamsin_Temrin

'How to Catch an Invisible Cat'

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Genius-Factor-How-Capture-Invisible/dp/1408869977/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513158422&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+catch+an+invisible+cat

Very, very funny.

onomatopoeia99

Obvious ones are Harry Potter series (Rowling) or His dark materials series (Pullman). Less obvious choice could be Dragon's Green by Scarlett Thomas, which is the first book of a series but the second isn't due until next year.

All three start with the characters around the same age as your son and all are stories with magic in versions of our world (the version of our world in Pullman's novels is markedly different though), whereas the Hunger games series is more dystopian future science fiction. I'm an adult that likes science fiction whether dystopian or not, and fantasy stories with magic - tends to be the case if you like scifi stories you also like magic / fantasy stories as well, which is why they are always grouped together in bookshops.

I've read all the books above including the Hunger games trilogy and recommend them all - Hunger games is IMO the weakest in writing terms, but others opinions will no doubt very from mine.

Comms69

I started reading Frederick Forsyth around that age. Great books

hazyjo

Get him a 'facts' (quirky/gross/strange) book


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ripleys-Believe-Not-2018-Annuals/dp/1847948154/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513161461&sr=1-1&keywords=ripley%27s+believe+it+or+not+2018


or


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ripleys-Believe-This-World-2018/dp/1338200275/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1513161461&sr=1-2&keywords=ripley%27s+believe+it+or+not+2018

Mela322

My son is 12 and loves David Walliams books! They are just funny. My son enjoys reading but doesn't love it. These books, he can't put down and finishes in a few days. I would start with Grandad's Great Adventure. That one has been passed around to family and friends.

Oddly enough, he enjoys classics as well, especially if there is a movie about it.

chesky

I read Agatha Christie books at that age. They're nice and straightforward, with uncomplicated vocabulary and quite quick to get through.