Can you recommend some books for my book loving son? He's 12

[MJN]

and has read every book we can think of at the library. :-) He gets so discouraged because he LOVES to read! He loves books about the Civil War, any time in history, actually, adventures, mysteries, etc. He is an advanced reader if that helps with your suggestions.

Thanks so much!

Molly

[Kareni]

Given his interest in history, he might like Time and Again (http://www.amazon.com/Time-Again-Jack-Finney/dp/0684801051) by Jack Finney. It's a time travel novel for adults that deals with 1880s New York.

Regards,
Kareni

[Rene Austen]

The Killer Angels by Michael Sharra is the best civil war novel ever, IMHO. It' s wonderful. If he hasn't read it, I bet he'd really like it.

[galtgrl]

they also love mysteries/adventure stories. My 12 year old (advanced reader also) enjoyed The Mysterious Benedict Society (Stewart) and An Acceptable Time (L'Engle). Stewart has written other books that we haven't gotten to yet. Oh, and The Thief Lord by Funke also got good reviews here :001_smile:. -Jen

[Lori D.]

A Book in Time: website with historical fiction listed by time period
Civil War page = http://www.abookintime.com/america/am1860civilwar.html

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Older DS enjoys mysteries, humor, and adventure
- The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series
- sequels to Case of the Baker Street Irregulars by Newman -- not the ones by other authors
- Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Life With Jeeves

Younger DS enjoys fantasy and adventures:
- Eragon
- Bromeliad Trilogy
- Artemis Fowl series
- Percy Jackson series
- Cheaper by the Dozen
- The Great Brain series
- Ranger's Apprentice series
- Raising Dragons
- Mysterious Benedict Society


Here are some titles I've collected from other ladies on this board as "Teen Boy Book" ideas; haven't gotten to all of these to preview yet, but thought I'd share the list:

Mystery
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Cadfael series
- Sherlock Holmes
- Club of Queer Trades
- Father Brown mysteries
- Casey Miller series
- Lord Peter short stories
- Archy McNally series
- The Cat Who... series

Biography
- Bruchko
- Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- Escape From Colditz

Adventure
- books by Bock and Bodie Thoene
- Guns of Navarone
- Duncan's Arrow and others in the series
- Ides of April; Beyond the Desert Gate

Ships and Sailing Adventure
- Horation Hornblower series
- Master and Commander
- Midshipman Quinn
- Captain Blood
- Coral Island
- Cleared for Action
- Lone Voyager
- The Hungry Ocean
- Up Periscope
- Dove

Classics
- Count of Monte Cristo
- Prisoner of Zenda
- Ben Hur
- The Sword in the Stone
- The Three Musketeers
- Treasure Island
- Captains Couragous
- Sea Wolf
- The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Something Wicked This Way Comes

Spy
- Alex Rider series
- Amazing Mrs. Pollafax series

Humor
- All Creatures Great and Small series

[MBM]

So many good recommendations here already! Anyhoo, your son might have read many of these already, but I'll list them anyway:

Across Five Aprils / Irene Hunt
Huckleberry Finn / Twain
Tom Sawyer / Twain
Lincoln: A Photobiography / Russell Freedman
Escape From Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words

The Eagle of the Ninth / Rosemary Sutcliff
A Samurai's Tale / Erik Christian Haugaard
Adam of the Road/ Elizabeth Janet Gray
The Door in the Wall / Marguerite de Angeli
Crispin: The Cross of Lead / Avi
The Trumpeter of Krakow / Eric Kelly
I, Juan de Pareja / Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
Johnny Tremain / Esther Forbes
Stop the Train! / Geraldine McCaughrean
The Ox-Bow Incident / Walter Van Tilburn Clark
Flags of Our Fathers (for young people) / James Bradley and Ron Powers
A Separate Peace / John Knowles
Snow Treasure / Marie McSwigan
Understanding the Holy Land / Mitch Frank

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County / Mark Twain
The Wheel on the School / Meindert DeJong


Hope you're feeling better, Molly! :grouphug: