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  • So It GoesSo It Goes We keep moving...Registered User regular
    The Hatchet and The River would be good ones yea

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    The Fifth Option
    I also liked Voyage of the Frog, which was by the same author of Hatchet, but doesn't have nearly the same popularity.

    The second hatchet book was average, like it was literally a die hard 2 situation and made little sense why the character would do that to themselves.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • Kid PresentableKid Presentable Registered User regular
    Didn't the Boxcar Children sell out like immediately and live in a mansion with a wealthy relative?

  • P10P10 An Idiot With Low IQ Registered User regular
    the ear the eye and the arm

    Shameful pursuits and utterly stupid opinions
  • So It GoesSo It Goes We keep moving...Registered User regular
    also how about A Wrinkle in Time series?

  • QanamilQanamil x Registered User regular
    I liked Polls Better when Brisco County Jr Did them
    @Sir Landshark is Goosebumps too flippant?

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  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    I liked Polls Better when Brisco County Jr Did them
    bowen wrote: »
    this poll is horrid
    When you neglect your position as Queen Maker, things happen.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    The Fifth Option
    I also read John Carter of Mars as a young man, though I don't know if those are exactly age appropriate with all the murder and sexings. And John Carter hanging dong all over Mars.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • Sir LandsharkSir Landshark resting shark face Registered User regular
    Qanamil wrote: »
    @Sir Landshark is Goosebumps too flippant?

    ya prob, he has a ton of books like that already that he currently reads. trying to get him reading more involved books, if that makes sense

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited November 2018
    The Fifth Option
    credeiki wrote: »
    What is the equivalent of Anne of Green Gables/Little House on the Prairie/Little Women but for boys? Stuff you read when you’re ~7-10 and is non-genre, several decades old, well-regraded children’s literature? (“For boys” is loaded but I mean starring boys or both boys and girls, not just girls)
    Survival stuff like frightful’s mountain etc seems targeted a bit older?

    Hatchet?

    EDIT: And Beat'd, but it seems to be a pretty popular choice.

    Hahnsoo1 on
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  • ChuChu poops peesRegistered User regular
    shark, literotica

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  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    You're a Childish Word
    I would possibly suggest Enid Blyton, but I have no idea if it's "problematic" nowadays? I've heard vague rumblings in that direction, but I've no idea if it was the books or just the author.

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Ender's Game is a pretty good book for kids

    Just don't let the kids read any of the sequels

    Or anything else Orson Scott Card ever said

  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    there's a buttzville in nj

    poo
  • WinkyWinky rRegistered User regular
    The Fifth Option
    When I was 7 the things I was reading were, like, Final Fantasy VII and Pokemon Blue.

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    The Fifth Option
    White Fang and Call of the Wild, both Jack London classics, and aren't necessarily gender-specific.

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited November 2018
    Sir Landshark wrote: »
    Qanamil wrote: »
    @Sir Landshark is Goosebumps too flippant?

    ya prob, he has a ton of books like that already that he currently reads. trying to get him reading more involved books, if that makes sense

    stacks on stacks of redwall

    i felt like such a big boyo reading those in 3rd grade

    also, maybe he is old enough to start harry potter probs
    or maybe not

    Shazkar Shadowstorm on
    poo
  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    Ender's Game is a pretty good book for kids

    Just don't let the kids read any of the sequels

    Or anything else Orson Scott Card ever said
    Speaker for the Dead is better than Ender’s Game tho

    A survivor's story.
  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    The Fifth Option
    Man imagine being anti vax and thinking using the n word is smart as a white person. Damn I liked Aladdin too.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    Ender's Game is a pretty good book for kids

    Just don't let the kids read any of the sequels

    Or anything else Orson Scott Card ever said

    I think they are better in the pre-teen years than the age we are looking for. And are worth having a discussion afterwards. Its a good book, but has some things that are good to talk about with the kid.

    Actually that is good thing to do with all books. Talk about them after the kid has finished reading it.

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  • Sir LandsharkSir Landshark resting shark face Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    Ender's Game is a pretty good book for kids

    Just don't let the kids read any of the sequels

    Or anything else Orson Scott Card ever said

    the sequels were good! just a completely different style than ender's game

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    The Fifth Option
    Just avoid Bridge to Terabithia. That fucking book is poison.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    wandering wrote: »
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    Ender's Game is a pretty good book for kids

    Just don't let the kids read any of the sequels

    Or anything else Orson Scott Card ever said
    Speaker for the Dead is better than Ender’s Game tho

    Not a kid friendly book though

    What with all the pig murder and catholicism

  • SummaryJudgmentSummaryJudgment Grab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front door Registered User regular
    I'm a MAN again

    Made some fuckin' eggs and toast, drank a pot of coffee, kissed my wife, did some laundry, cleaned the kitchen, asked for advice, cancelled a flight and made plans to drive, played some Tarkov Inventory Gopnik Simulator, and used a gifted snowblower for the first time on 8'' of snow (thanks Dad!)

    Fucking flu can SMDAB

  • MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    I liked Call of the Wild more than White Fang. But they are good books.

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  • wazillawazilla Having a late dinner Registered User regular
    Animorphs is key for body horror

    Slugs climbing in through your ear canal and taking over your brain

    The insatiable hunger of the opportunistically cannibalistic centipede race

    The fear of being trapped in whatever form forever

    Psn:wazukki
  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    White Fang and Call of the Wild, both Jack London classics, and aren't necessarily gender-specific.

    Cred was looking for books only boys read.

  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    You're a Childish Word
    So It Goes wrote: »
    also how about A Wrinkle in Time series?
    i remember liking those books and remember nothing about them whatsoever

  • GazingGazing In My Restless Dreams Registered User regular
    More Like Borrid
    THE BLOGOSPHERE

  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    oOoOo

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways_Stories_from_Wayside_School

    these rocked

    poo
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  • Sir LandsharkSir Landshark resting shark face Registered User regular
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    Sir Landshark wrote: »
    Qanamil wrote: »
    @Sir Landshark is Goosebumps too flippant?

    ya prob, he has a ton of books like that already that he currently reads. trying to get him reading more involved books, if that makes sense

    stacks on stacks of redwall

    i felt like such a big boyo reading those in 3rd grade

    also, maybe he is old enough to start harry potter probs
    or maybe not

    we tried harry potter but he flatly rejected it

    he didn't give a reason why. a lot of his classmates are reading it right now and are super into it.

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  • SummaryJudgmentSummaryJudgment Grab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front door Registered User regular
    credeiki wrote: »
    What is the equivalent of Anne of Green Gables/Little House on the Prairie/Little Women but for boys? Stuff you read when you’re ~7-10 and is non-genre, several decades old, well-regraded children’s literature? (“For boys” is loaded but I mean starring boys or both boys and girls, not just girls)
    Survival stuff like frightful’s mountain etc seems targeted a bit older?

    Hatchet and it's sequels, Sign of the Beaver, My Side of the Mountain

  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    The Fifth Option
    emnmnme wrote: »
    Hahnsoo1 wrote: »
    White Fang and Call of the Wild, both Jack London classics, and aren't necessarily gender-specific.

    Cred was looking for books only boys read.
    Oh, sorry. That was more of "What should Sir Landshark's #1 read?" suggestion.

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  • Hi I'm Vee!Hi I'm Vee! Formerly VH; She/Her; Is an E X P E R I E N C E Registered User regular
    Ender's Game -> Ender's Shadow -> [Shadow series] is probably better for a kid to read than the Speaker for the Dead series.

    But I think the geo-political plotlines might be a bit over #1's head at his current age.

    Maybe in a few years.

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  • Hahnsoo1Hahnsoo1 Make Ready. We Hunt.Registered User, Moderator, Administrator admin
    The Fifth Option
    Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote: »
    oOoOo

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideways_Stories_from_Wayside_School

    these rocked
    Wow. I read that entire series. I forgot all about them.

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