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Appropriate books for preteen boys



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amother
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Post Sun, Sep 01 2024, 11:59 pm
6th-8th graders

They really like to read. My kids are pretty sheltered, and I'd like to keep it that way.

Any ideas of books that don't talk about boy/girl stuff, don't have bad words, just harmless good reads?
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Molly Weasley  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 02 2024, 9:58 am
If their school has a library, start there.

Some communities have a Jewish Library that has appropriate books.

Just as a psa, make sure you read any non-jewish book before you give it to your child. Don't trust the review.

Sometimes, even if the storyline is innocuous, the message can be inappropriate
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amother
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Post Mon, Sep 02 2024, 10:04 am
I've found that there is really a very limited amount of Jewish books for this age.
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aimhabanim




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 02 2024, 10:15 am
I highly recommend the James ponti books
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LiLIsraeli




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 02 2024, 10:27 am
My son is reading the Ranger's Apprentice series and the Redwall series.
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amother
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Post Mon, Sep 02 2024, 1:44 pm
LiLIsraeli wrote:
My son is reading the Ranger's Apprentice series and the Redwall series.


My son read some of the Ranger's Apprentice series, but he complained that there was language in it and stopped reading them- I'm not sure the degree of it (I really trust him to self-censor) but you might want to check them for it.

He's been reading a lot of Gordon Korman books, which are generally appropriate.
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#BestBubby  




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 02 2024, 1:53 pm
There are Kosher book lists for secular books

Anybody know the links?

But everyone has their own standards so even there you may need to skim through
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Ruchel




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 02 2024, 1:57 pm
Room 613
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  #BestBubby




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 02 2024, 2:00 pm
Some old secular books

Great Brain series

Three investigator series

Old Yeller
Savage Sam

The White Mountains Series

Books by Richard Peck

Little Britches series

The witches bridge

The view from the cherry tree

The whipping boy by Sid Fleishman and other books by this author


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  Molly Weasley




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Sep 02 2024, 2:10 pm
amother Beige wrote:
My son read some of the Ranger's Apprentice series, but he complained that there was language in it and stopped reading them- I'm not sure the degree of it (I really trust him to self-censor) but you might want to check them for it.

He's been reading a lot of Gordon Korman books, which are generally appropriate.


Gordon Korman is a blast, but some of them have boy/girl relationships
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