Re: Book suggestion for 11 year old

"Peter Meilinger" <p_meilinger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I second many of the recommendations already given, especially
> Pratchett and Lloyd Alexander. For Pratchett, the stuff he's had
> that's deliberately aimed at younger readers is his "Johnny" series,
> which I believe is being re-issued, and his Tiffany Aching series set
> on the Discworld. They're both quite good, but Tiffany is of course
> a female, and I know some younger male readers have issues there.
> In her defense, she's pretty cool, and she hangs out with the most
> bad-ass group of wee folk you'll ever want to meet.
>
> Only two other recs, going by what few of my books are unpacked:
>
> Doomfarers of Coramonde and The Starfollowers of Coramonde,
> both by Brian Daley. Great sword and sorcery stuff,with some
> of the most memorable characters ever.
>
> Airborn and Skybreaker, by Kenneth Oppel. Alternate history
> adventure in a world where ginormous zeppelins remained
> financially viable, as is only right and proper. The first one
> is a cool lost island adventure and the second is a hunt for
> a legendary ghost ****p. Oppel also has a series about bats
> that's extremely popular, but I haven't read it.
>
> Oh, does he like PC games? You could do a lot worse than
> to grab a copy of Sid Meier's Pirates! No dragons, but plenty
> of swords.

I might be able to entice him with some pirate tales.