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- Subject: Re: HIT: Books for Boys Part 3
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:20:39 EDT
Subject: Re: HIT: Books for Boys Part 2
list:
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (guaranteed winner!!)
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
Any mysteries by Lois Duncan
The White Mountains (?) sci-fi trilogy by John Christopher
There are plenty more, I'll rack my brain and check the shelves at school for
more titles.
Donna S.
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The Iowa Teen Award lists have many books that boys will enjoy. I think
they would like Danger Dog by Lynn Hall, Hostage by Theodore Turner,
all of the Gary Paulsen titles, Avi has written some good books.
Kathy Geronzin
Northeast Community Schools
3690 Hwy # 136
Goose Lake, IA 52750
319-577-2249
FAX 319-577-2248
geronzin@hobbes.caves.net
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I second the recommendation for _Holes_. I just finished it last night--in
one
sitting, because it's fairly short. Boys will definitely love it. (Girls
will,
to, I think, but especially boys).
Cyndi Holman
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Loch - Zindel
Raptor - Zindel
Holes (Newberg winner)
both Harry Potter books - Rowling
Hatchet, Brian's Winter - Paulsen
This Chicken Can (or Can't) Skate - forget author (ice hockey & science fair
in one)
Our boys liked Running Out of Time and Don't You Dare Read this Mrs.
Dunphrey, both by Haddix
I think they would like Paulsen's "my story in dog years"
Stephen Lawhead's Merlin books
T.A. Barron's Merlin books
David Eddings (fantasy books)
Deadly Game of Magic - Joan Lowry Nixon
Mary Sue Preissner, LMS
Redland Middle School
Rockville, MD 20855
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Far North by Will Hobbs has been a popular one in our school with the boys.
They've also really enjoyed the Animorphs series.
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Sparrow Hawk Red by Ben Mikaelsen
The Fear Place by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Watsons go to birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Nina Jackson
Franklin MS, Long Beach, CA
njackson_lib@lbusd.k12.ca.us
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Jan,
My vote goes to Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen. It's wonderful!
Joan L. Temple
Library Media Specialist
Shepaug Valley Middle-High School
Washington, CT 06793
tunnelroad@aol.com
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The Iceberg Hermit, Arthur Roth
Freak the Mighty, Rodman Philbrick
Downriver, Will Hobbs
The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
Redwall series, Brian Jacques
Harris and Me -- Gary Paulsen
The Watsons Go to Birmingham -- Paul Curtis
Escape fromWarsaw -- Ian Serraillier
Tomorrow When theWar Began, John Marsden
On the Devil's Court, Carl Deuker
Heart of a Champion, Carl Deuker
Jumping the Nail, Eve Bunting
There's a Girl in My Hammerlock, Jerry Spinelli
The Solid Gold Kid, Harry and Norma Fox Mazer
Jim Ugly, Sid Fleischman
Gruel and Unusual Punishment, Jim Arter
The Taking of Room 113: A Hostage Drama in Poems, Mel Glenn
Monster, Walter Dean Myers
We All Fall Down, Robert Cormier
Hoops, Walter Dean Myers
Nathan's Run, John Gilstrap
The Machine Gunners, Robert Westall
The Belgariad (series), David Eddings
The Ear, the Eye, theArm, Nancy Farmer
Sign ofthe Beaver, Elizabeth George Spear
Jumper, Stephen Gould
Gloria Pipkin
gpipkin@i-1.net
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Jan:
Almost any of Gary Paulsen's would work.
Jody Newman
Library Aide
Center School
Stow MA
newjody@massed.net (school)
jcnewma@ibm.net (home)
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Jan,
I am the librarian in a K-8 school and the Jr. High boys like
Under the Blood-Red Sun Salisbury
Incident at Hawks Hill Eckert
Hatchet or Brian's Winter Gary Paulsen
River Thunder Hobbs
Pilot Down Presumed Dead Phleger (sp)
Sports Great Biographies
Rachel
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I just finished _Holes_ by Louis Sacher, which won this year's Newbery
Award. It was great! Your boys will love it. _Sounder_ by
William Armstrong would go over big. All the Tolkien books.
The Harry Potter books?
Peggy Smith
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Get a hold of a Perfection Learning catalog--call for one at:
1-800-831-4190--8AM-5PM Central time--They have entire collections of "Books
for Boys" just on the level you are looking for. Plus their discounts are
always terrific. I ordered the sets years ago and they still fly off the
shelves, especially at book report time. It's so helpful to go right to
these titles and recommend them as "boys' books" , especially for a reluctant
reader.
My boys also love the Animorph series, if that is the kind of thing you are
looking for.
Good luck
Ann Piro
Appleby School
Spotswood, N.J. 08884
Anp127 @ aol.com
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Matt Christopher has quite a collection of books that are geared toward boys.
Here are some of the titles I came across: Baseball Flyhawk, Baseball Pals,
Basket Counts, Catch the Pass, Dirt Bike Racer, Dirt Bike Runaway, Football
Fugitive, Hit-Away Kid, Hockey Machine, Ice Magic, Long Shot for Paul, Man
Out at First, Soccer Halfback, Skateboard Tough. My fifth grade boys really
go for these . Other great authors are William Sleator, Gary Paulsen, Jerry
Spinelli, Louis Sachar, and Dean Hughes.
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Hi Jan,
Off the top of my head these are some titles that I think would be good to
add to your list:
Wringer - Jerry Spinelli
Seventh Grade Space Station
Maniac MaGee
Holes - Louis Sachar
The Tripod Trilogy - I think it's Matt Christopher
Shiloh series - can't remember the author
And authors:
Matt Christopher
Patricia Wreide (sp?)
Gary Paulsen - strongly recommend
S. E. Hinton
Hope this helps, Kathy
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Any books by Will Hobbs
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Here's part 2: Books for Boys
Try These. Here's part 4: Books for Boys
Redwall series by Jacques
Harris and Me (Paulsen)
Freak the Mighty (Philbrick)
These are just a few that came to my mind.
Kim Carr
Yorktown, IN
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The NYT article that someone posted earlier today (well, the URL anyway)
talks about how popular the Harry Potter books are with boys of the age you
mention.
It's old but still works--The Outsiders
Anything by Will Hobbs, but especially Bearstone, The Maze, Far North, and
Downriver
Almost anything by Gary Paulsen--especially Hatchet
Louann Reid
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The Hachet, Gary Paulsen
The Rifle, also Gary Paulsen
Lone Wolf, Kristine L. Franklin
Dorothy E. Tissair
Library Media Specialist
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
ricflair@mail2.nai.net
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Here a few I've read this summer that may work.
_Sing Me a Death Song_ by Jay Bennet
_Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes_ by Chris Crutcher
_The Maze_ by Will Hobbs
_Soldier's Heart_ by Gary Paulsen
_Strays Like Us_ by Richard Peck
_Holes_ by Louis Sachar
_Heros_ by Robert Cormier
Jennifer Steele
K-4 Media Specialist
Lambert Elementary, Manchester, Iowa
jsteele@mwci.net
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I'd say many of Gary Paulen's books along the lines of Hatchet, etc. might
fit the bill here...
Jan Sullivan, SLMS
Kelley Elementary School
Newark, NY
JanNWS@aol.com
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The guys at my middle school enjoy Gary Paulsen's adventure stories (Cook
Camp, Brian's Winter, Dogsong, etc.) and books by Will Hobbs. Some of the
better readers have liked Terry Brooks' Shannara books and T. A. Barron's
The Merlin Effect and The Lost Years of Merlin. Hope this helps. Sorry the
titles aren't underlined; I couldn't get it to work right.
Tessie Mosteiro
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Jan,
These are just a few titles the boys seem to enjoy more than the girls do in
our school:
*Any of the Animorphs by Applegate
*Anything by Michael Crichton
*The Dear America series now has a boy series called ?(is it Across America?)
*Guinness Book of World Records
*The latest books on the military, weapons, aircraft, automobiles, and UFOs.
*They enjoy catastrophe books
*Urban folklore
*Biographies on sport figures
*Wrestling/skateboarding/karate/snowboarding/rollerblading
Angela Gerald
St. Mary School
Lancaster, OH
agerald@greenapple.com
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Anything by Gary Paulsen. If the student is a little more advanced, Chris
Crutcher books are also great. I'll be anxious to see your hit!
Janel K. Watson
Library Media Specialist
Scholls Heights Elementary
Beaverton, OR
janel_watson@hotmail.com
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Jan, you might also look at the professional book _Good Books for Boys_
(author's name escapes me; my mind is on vacation). DJR
Donna J. Reidhead Timnath Elementary School (K-6)
Media and Technology Teacher P.O. Drawer 10 3909 Main Street
reidhead@psd.k12.co.us Timnath, Colorado 80547
School: (970) 493-5978 Fax: (970) 493-1264
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Good question! I'm anxious to see your list. Here are a few titles
that come to mind:
The Terrorist - C. Cooney
Don't Look Behind You - L. Duncan
Tangerine - Edward Bloor
The Education of Little Tree - Forrest Carter
Most anything by Gary Paulsen, especially Harris and Me
The Boys' War (non-fiction about Civil War)
Diane Averett/Librarian
Kerr-Vance Academy
Henderson, NC
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I would recommend anything by Gary Paulsen, but my favorites of his are
Hatchet, The Voyage of the Frog, Harris and Me, the Dunc and Amos series and
the World of Adventure series. All of these are excellent for middle school
and they are very high interest.
I am the librarian at a school within a correctional institution for boys 12
- 19; I have had alot of luck with the following titles also.
The Narnia Chronicles, Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes and others by Chris
Crutcher, Avi has quite a few titles for boys, too.
Ellen Ray, Librarian
Polk Youth Development Center
Polk City, Florida
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Dear Jan,
Absolutely everything by William Sleator, John Bellairs, Michael Crichton,
David Eddings, Terry Brooks, Robert Heinlein.
Dorian
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Our Middle School boys LOVED Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone and have
actually been asking for the sequel! Also, Brian Jacques Redwall series and
Gary Paulsen's books (The River, The Hatchet, etc.).
Hope this helps.
Rhonda Scibal
Media Coordinator
Smyrna Elementary (PreK - Grade 8)
Smyrna, NC
jscibal@bmd.clis.com
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Some of my sixth grade boys really liked the following -
Hatchet (and sequels) by Gary Paulsen (altho many read these in 4th or 5th)
Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone by J.K. Rowling
The giver by Lois Lowry
various adventures by Will Hobbs
The sixth grade nickname game (and others) by Gordon Korman
The Dark is Rising series (of 5 books) by Susan Cooper
For your eyes only (FYEO) by Rocklin (?)
Randall's wall by ? (how quickly the mind shuts down in the summer!)
Have you looked at Great Books for Boys?
I'd love to see a hit -
Eileen M. Rocchio
Library Media Specialist
Warwick Neck and Potowomut Schools We need to educate our children
Warwick, RI for their futures, not our past.
Arthur C. Clarke
mailto:rocchioe@ride.ri.net
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My 8th grade son loved The Redwall Series as well as the Harry Potter
books and The Watsons Go To Birmingham...1963.
Susan K. S. Grigsby, LMS
The Epstein School, Atlanta, GA
grigsby2@bellsouth.net
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Redwall series
Down River (Hobbs)
The Bomb (Taylor)
Ironman (Crutcher) - 8th grade
Tears of a Tiger (Draper) 8th grade
Lois Duncan books - 6th & 7th
Phantom Tollbooth _?
Tolkien series - 8th grade mostly
Sally Lantz, Media Specialist and KidsConnect Volunteer
West Frederick Middle School
515 W. Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
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