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Question: My brother would like to ask you a question about good books!.!?
My little brother is nine!. He's very advanced, reaching the reading level of an seventh grader, three years ahead of himself!. He needs to know a good book because he's stuck in a fix and doesn't know what to read!. Here are the books he's read in the past!.
Sisters Grimm series
A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Junie B!. Jones
Magic Tree House
Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew
Holes
Please don't suggest things by Judy Blume, he says!.!.!.!.
Any suggestions!? All answers will be very helpful!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I have a website of books for kids!. This is part of one list, but I have other lists that may interest him!.
Edith Nesbit:
The Railway Children - These siblings have all sorts of adventures!.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Kate DiCamillo:
Because of Winn-Dixie - A young girl discovers that a stray dog she takes in enables her to meet lots of interesting people in the small town she and her father now call home!.
The Tale of Desperaux - What is a mouse in love to do!?
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
N!. D!. Wilson:
Leepike Ridge - His father is dead and his mother is now dating a teacher he doesn't like!. He didn't mean to run away from home, but things just happened!. He has quite an adventure and discovers along the way some answers to questions he had not even asked!.
Marguerite D'Angeli: The Door in the Wall
Mark Twain:
The Prince and the Pauper
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - This classic story is based upon the author's life and the lives of close friends in Hannibal, Missouri!. Everyone should know about the cave and the infamous picket fence!.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Some people have attempted to ban this book because it uses a certain word we no longer consider acceptable!. Rather than ignoring or re-writing history, perhaps it would be better to explain how attitudes have changed!.
Albert Payson Terhune: Lad: A Dog
Anna Sewell:
Black Beauty - This story is told from the perspective of the horse! Caution: It will make you cry, but I highly recommend this book!
Enid Bagnold:
National Velvet - Velvet acquires a spirited horse and sets out to train it for the National Steeple Chase Race!. However, her horse needs a jockey and females are not permitted to ride in the National!.
Marguerite Henry:
Misty of Chincoteague - This is based upon a true story!.
Stormy, Misty's Foal
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Wilson Rawls: Where the Red Fern Grows
Jack London: The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf
Rudyard Kipling:
Just So Stories
The Jungle Book - What boy wouldn't like to ride an elephant!?
Fred Gipson: Old Yeller
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings:
The Yearling - A young boy raises an orphaned fawn, but as the animal matures it becomes more and more of a problem for his family!.
George Selden:
The Cricket in Times Square
Chester Cricket's New Home
P!. L!. Travers (a!.k!.a!. Pamela Lyndon Travers):
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins Comes Back
Mary Poppins Opens the Door
Mary Poppins in the Park
James M!. Barrie: Peter Pan
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson:
Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
L!. Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of OZ
Tony Di Terlizzi and Holly Black:
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone
The Spiderwick Chronicles: Lucinda's Secret
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Ironwood Tree
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Wrath of Mulgarath
Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles: The Nixie's Song
Norton Juster:
The Phantom Tollbooth - This is an "Alice in Wonderland" style story for boys!.
Lewis Carroll:
Alice in Wonderland
Through the Looking Glass
Hugh Lofting:
The Story of Dr!. Doolittle
The Voyages of Dr!. Doolittle
Pene du Bois: Twenty-One Balloons
Roald Dahl:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James and the Giant Peach
The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
The Twits
Esio Trot
George's Marvelous Medicine
The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
Fantastic Mr!. Fox
Cornelia Funke:
Ingraine the Brave
Dragon Rider
Inkheart
Inkspell
The Thief Lord
Brandon Mull:
Fablehaven
Rise of the Evening Star
Grip of the Shadow Plague
Katherine Paterson: Bridge to Terabithia
Carol Kendall:
The Gammage Cup (This was one of my favorites when I was young!.)
The Whisper of Glocken
Eoin Colfer:
Artemis Fowl
The Arctic Incident
The Opal Deception
The Lost Colony
Andre Norton:
The Witch World
The Web of the Witch World
Three against the Witch World
Year of the Unicorn
Warlock of the Witch World
Dragon Scale Silver
Dream Smith
The Toads of Grimmerale
Spider Silk
Sword of Unbelief
Sarsthor's Bane
Ursula K!. LeGuin:
Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea
The Tombs of Atuan
The Farthest Shore
Tehanu
Tales from Earthsea
The Other Wind
Voices
Madeleine L'Engle:
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wind in the Door
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Many Waters
An Acceptable Time
Howard Pyle:
Story of King Arthur and His Knights - There are several collections of stories about King Arthur!.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Roger Lancelyn Green:
The Adventures of Robin Hood
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
John Bunyan:
Dangerous Journey ( A beautifully illustrated edition of A Pilgrim's Progress)
C!. S!. Lewis:
The 7 volume Chronicles of Narnia
The Magician's Nephew
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
J!. R!. R!. Tolkien: The Hobbit
Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe
Johann Wyss: Swiss Family Robinson
Robert Louis Stevenson:
Treasure Island
Kidnapped
Jules Verne:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Around the World in Eighty Days
Esther Forbes: Johnny Tremain (From the Days just prior to the American Revolution)Www@QuestionHome@Com
You should probably introduce him to classic children's literature:
J!.R!.R!. Tolkien: The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings
Lewis Carroll: Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, The Hunting of the Snark
L!. Frank Baum: Any of the Oz books (there were many more then just The Wizard of Oz)
Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Author's Court
C!. S!. Lewis: The Chronicles of NarniaWww@QuestionHome@Com
Moby Dick!. A Tale ofTwo Cities, Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, 1984, The list is endless!. Tell him to stick with well known books and authors so he can then, after a good grounding in literature, be able to choose and discern for himselfWww@QuestionHome@Com
I would reccommend the Warriors series, my advanced reading nine year old sister loves them, also try some more challenging books like the Giver and stuff!. Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com
if it isn't too scary for him maybe the harry potter series
also the redwall series is nice
warriors is good tooWww@QuestionHome@Com
the vampire chroniclesWww@QuestionHome@Com