im looking for a good book for a 12 to 15 year old should read?

Question

Im looking for a good book for a 13 year old. however, he reads a lot of advanced books for his age. any recommends?

Answer 1

Try one of these: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
1984 by George Orwell
The Red Pony, The Pearl or Of Mice and Men (all by John Steinbeck) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Answer 2

So much depends on what he likes to read! Be sure to ask your local librarian for more stuff. Also, Non-Fiction is also very popular with young men. I am most familiar with Fiction

Here are some I recommend to kids who come to me with categories

Alternative History:
Lawhead, Steve City of Dreams
Kantor, MacKinlay If the South had Won the Civil War
Stirling, S. M Conquistador

Classics:
Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451
Heller, Joseph Catch-22
Parks, Gordon Learning Tree

Authors who write like CSI (caution: could be gross, mature)
Cook, Robin
Deaver, Jeffrey
Patterson, James

Disaster-and After
Crichton, Michael
Hernon, Peter 8.4
Long, Jeff Year Zero
Nance, John J Pandora's Clock
Shute, Neil On the Beach
Barnes, John Mother of Storms
Niven, Larry Lucifer's Hammer

Humorous
Barry, Dave Big Trouble
Beard, Henry The Dick Cheney Code
Palin, Michael Hemingway's Chair
Wodehouse, P. G The Clicking of Cuthbert

Answer 3

Well, I guess that he already read Hobbits, Lor of the Rings and Harry Potter and at this age it's very hard to get a good book for a BOY. You have a lot for girls, you know, about gossiping, guys, kissing and all of these books 13-year old girls like but what you can buy for a 13-year old boy is:

Adrian Mole ( First part is Diaries 13 3/4 and you have the books that continue his life; they are great too)

Da Vinci Code (why not; you can start with that one, too)

Good luck!

Answer 4

Many! The Revenge of the Shadow King, The Da Vinci Code, Inkheart, Inkspell, Dragon Rider, The Theif Lord, Harry Potter Series, Eragon, Eldest, Gone with the Wind, Because of Winn-Dixie, Holes, Flying Solo, The Children of the Lamp Seires, The Lost Years of Merlin Seiries, Sammy Keyes Series, Artemis Fowl, The Wizard of Oz, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Oliver Twist, Great Expectaitions, Robin Hood, Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland, The Omen... and many more! Good variety?

Answer 5

Depends on what he likes to read, doesn't it?

My recs, if he is into such things...

Foundation Trilogy: Asimov
Pretty much anything by Heinlein (watch out for the late ones though, they get a bit more adult)

Any Dorsi book by Gordon Dickinson

Gets a little older, feed him the Earth Children series by Jean Auel. Little too much sex in it for age 13 though, but a heck of a read.

Oh, and Dr Dolittle, Hugh Lofting. Actually I have most of that collection still. Great stories.Still read them, and am one whole lot older than 13

-Dio

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Oops, left out Alice in wonderland, and the rest of the Lewis Carrol books. Er, you folks do understand those were really not children's books, Right?

Answer 6

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Harry Potter Series
The Hobbit

Answer 7

I had a great librarian in High School. When I had read a heap of Ann McCaffrey books (which are fantastic) he handed me "The Hobbit"by Tolkein and said to just take it home and read it. I was hooked and then went on to read the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. I might have found them on my own eventually, but I will always be grateful for that introduction.

Other titles to consider include "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austin and The Narnia series by C.S. Lewis

Answer 8

Try some of the classics: Mark Twain, Catcher In the Rye, Moby Dick...
Some kids also enjoy reading Goosebumps, The Hobbit, Harry Potter, Willy Wonka, Black Stallion and some of those things.

Answer 9

Yes, try "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford this is a
very cool story about three animals an old male dog, a young male dog, and a female Siamese cat. They have to journey through the Canadian wilderness to get back to their owner, and home.

They made the movie into two films that you should find at Blockbuster "Homeward Bound" and "Homeward Bound II"
The young dog's voice is Michale J. Fox

Answer 10

Harry Potter series, my 15 read it because I left it laying around, sold his 14 year old sister on it and we had to get all the other books.
As a teacher I highly recommend its excellent writting, fullly formed characters and plot complete with many exciting twists and turns. You won't see him all summer.