Re: Book suggestion for 11 year old

"Gene" <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "AJ" <torturedartist@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Hey, i have an 11 year old.  I want to encourage his
> reading a bit more.
>> The problem is he's more of a sword and dragons guy wheras
> I was always more
>> of a ray gun type.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>
> I take it he is familiar with Tolkien and Lewis?
>
> Hmmm...The Curse of Chalion, Fortress in the Eye of Time, The
> Riddlemaster of Hed, Three Hearts and Three Lions, The Dark
> Is Rising, Magician (Feist), Obsidian Trilogy, Earthsea, Oath
> of Swords, The Chronicles of Amber, Homeland (Salvatore), The
> Deed of Paksenarrion, The Belgariand. Some of these may be
> too advanced for him, whereas others I wouldn't necessarily
> recommend to adults.

Right now he's familiar with yugioh, and bakugon, and all those other 
bastardized japanese marketing op****tunities.  He's been somewhat
resistant 
to reading so I'm trying to bait the trap apropriatly.