Home
Log in / Sign Up
    Private Messages   Advanced Search   Rules   New User Guide   FAQ   Advertise   Contact Us  
Forum -> Parenting our children
Books for 11 year old boy



Post new topic   Reply to topic View latest: 24h 48h 72h

wantavaca




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 7:08 pm
He doesn’t read at all...
Anyone have any recommendations that might be exciting enough for him?
He read Harry Potter already...
Tia
Back to top

small bean




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 7:11 pm
Has he read the warrior series? Great series and tons of books.

Rodman phillbrook also has some great books.
Back to top

just me!!




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 7:22 pm
hi,

There are some gr8 jewish books out there as well
Here are some I enjoyed as a kid;

Rebbe Mendel series:
Adventures With Rebbe Mendel (2002) – a collection of 32 short stories
All About Motti and His Adventures With Rebbe Mendel (2004) – a book of excerpts from the diary of an imaginative French child named Charles Mordechai Willamson.
The Secret of the Red Pearl (2005)
A Home on the Hill (2006)
Rebbe Mendel ... in a Class by Himself (2009) – a collection of 17 short stories
Rebbe Mendel ... Snow Joke (2018)

Room 202 (Can't remember writer, tried googling it but cant finf a/t)

plenty more, ask librarian in local library- they like helping Very Happy
Back to top

Odelyah




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 7:43 pm
If he liked Harry Potter he might like the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage-- the first book is called Magyk. A couple other great non-Jewish books are The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (first in a series). Some Jewish books he might enjoy are That's Me Tzviki Green by Chaim Walder, or the Lost Children of Tarshish by Ehud Tokatly (2 part series) They have lots of action-- Tzviki Green has great action but a lot of emotional depth as well, all my kids loved it, boys and girls of all personality types Smile
Back to top

wantavaca




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 7:47 pm
Action sounds right
He’s ADHD so he needs excitement
Thanks all
Back to top

Odelyah




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 7:47 pm
The truth is Tzviki Green is a novel, but my kids are all huge fans of all the Chaim Walder Kidspeak books, as well as his other similar books (Real Heros? Real Kids? I forget the names.) And they are pretty picky readers. And then when they get a little older they devour the PeopleSpeak books as well.
Back to top

Odelyah




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 7:49 pm
Just saw your last post-- the Kidspeak books might be good for him with ADHD because they are short stories.
Back to top

PinkFridge




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 7:53 pm
Odelyah wrote:
Just saw your last post-- the Kidspeak books might be good for him with ADHD because they are short stories.


Yes, but he can handle Harry Potter. So he might be ready for someone like Chaim Eliav.
Back to top

seeker




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 8:21 pm
I like Mysterious Benedict Society (series of I think 5 books.)

Gordon Korman has some very dramatic adventure books/series but you'd want to check each separately for appropriateness. If you were fine with Harry Potter then you're fine with all his recent kids' books that I know of. Masterminds series, Hypnotist series. A little longer ago Kidnapped/On the Run series. Very high action, clean language, and minimal if any romance. Bad guys very nasty, would probably give my kids nightmares but that's why my kids are not reading Harry Potter yet (younger than yours.)
Back to top

Hashem_Yaazor




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 8:30 pm
Also was going to say Mysterious Bendedict Society
Candymakers Series
Haddix
Theodore Boone series (John Grisham)
Back to top

seeker




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 8:32 pm
Ah yes I was also thinking Haddix, forgot to mention!
Back to top

librarygirl




 
 
    
 

Post Sat, Nov 02 2019, 8:54 pm
Try the lightning catcher series. It's a harry potter knockoff and very clean.
Back to top

Hashem_Yaazor




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Nov 06 2019, 7:15 am
I keep on meaning to come back here and write the Spy School series. Very popular around here.
Back to top

amother
Powderblue


 

Post Wed, Nov 06 2019, 8:52 am
Keeper of the Lost Cities
Back to top

Ema of 5




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Nov 06 2019, 9:06 am
amother [ Powderblue ] wrote:
Keeper of the Lost Cities

I was just going to say that!!
Also Percy Jackson
Artemis Fowl
Back to top

amother
Papaya


 

Post Wed, Nov 06 2019, 9:44 am
The Last Kids on Earth
Jedi Academy
Back to top

#BestBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Nov 06 2019, 9:54 am
Lemony Snicket

Wayside School
Back to top

Ema of 5




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Nov 07 2019, 8:35 am
#BestBubby wrote:
Lemony Snicket

Wayside School

I think wayside is younger, my kids read them at 8/9.

A series of unfortunate events is great!
Also chronicles of narnia
Back to top
Page 1 of 1 Recent Topics




Post new topic   Reply to topic    Forum -> Parenting our children

Related Topics Replies Last Post
Clean library books for age 13 14 Today at 12:50 pm View last post
[ Poll ] S/o of $40k is $150k a year enough to get by?
by amother
29 Today at 10:28 am View last post
Questions for published children books authors
by amother
2 Today at 7:23 am View last post
Clothes Shopping List for Baby Boy
by Sushi22
3 Yesterday at 11:56 pm View last post
Smelly feet - 10 year old girl
by amother
4 Yesterday at 7:45 pm View last post