Re: Book suggestion for 11 year old

On 04/05/2008, AJ wrote in message
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> Hey, i have an 11 year old.

I'm sorry but we can't help with that.  Console yourself with the through
that in seven years he'll be 18 and you'll be able to throw him out.

> 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.


It should help if you'd mention how he felt about the obvious ones: _The
Hobbit_, Harry Potter, etc..  Then we could judge from that his tastes. 
But as a starter ...


Ursula Le Guin's _Earthsea_ trilogy.


Diana Wynne Jones' _Chrestomanci_ series (six books, or is it 7 now ?)
It will help to read them in the written order.


Most things by Nicholas Fisk (you might both enjoy them) start with
_Trillions_ and _Grinny_.  I'm throwing these in because I always do for
SF-reading kids.  Nobody likes them mildly, they either love them or hate
them.


He'll enjoy Fritz Leiber's _Swords_ books (there are lots of them) when
he's younger, but romance and death are featured heavily and it might be a
bit much for an 11 year old.


Simon.
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