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malici's "Reading list for a 9-12 year old boy"

This list give a varity of books to recommend to a boy 9-12 that can open new doors for him. It will also offer oportunities to explore new areas of reading and thought. As many boys this age often have a hard time reading books that feature girls this list offers some titles that might change their minds.

1. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
by Roald Dahl
 
2. Boy: Tales of Childhood
by Roald Dahl
 
3. A Single Shard
by Linda Sue Park
 
4. Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
 
5. The View from Saturday
by E. L. Konigsburg
 
6. Number the Stars (Laurel Leaf Books)
by Lois Lowry
 
7. The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)
by Ellen Raskin
 
8. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Puffin Modern Classics) (Puffin Modern Classics)
by Mildred D. Taylor
 
9. A Wrinkle in Time
by Madelein L'Engle
 
10. The Bronze Bow
by Elizabeth George Speare
 
11. The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pene du Bois
 
12. The Acorn People
by Ron Jones
 
13. Wise Child
by Monica Furlong
 
14. Incident at Hawk's Hill
by Allan W. Eckert
 
15.
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Christopher
by Richard M. Koff
 
16. A String in the Harp
by Nancy Bond
 
17. The Ear Eye, And The Arm (Orchard Classics)
by Nancy Farmer
 
18. A Girl Named Disaster (Orchard Classics)
by Nancy Farmer
 
19. The House of the Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
 
20. The Castle in the Attic
by Elizabeth Winthrop
 
21. The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis
 
22. The Journal of Ben Uchida
by Barry Denenberg
 
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Created by malici on Apr 19, 2006.