2006-06-25 14:47:16 · 17 answers · asked by cooper243 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Soldier Boys
Full Tilt
Westing Game
All Harry Potter
Things Not Seen
Hush
Say Yes
Vampire High
Half and Half
Bronx Masquerade
Bud, not Buddy
2006-06-25 14:51:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jill&Justin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My son also 12, who reads at college level, is reading Diablo, the Warcraft books, and the Alex Rider Adventrue books about a boy spy who gets to play with all kinds of cool gadgets. He has also read all of the Artemis Fowl books. His favorite however is Oliver Twist though I have no clue why.
2006-06-26 08:23:12 · answer #2 · answered by rakel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson
2006-06-26 02:32:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Harry Potter Series and The Artemis Fowl Series
2006-06-25 21:54:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you like? I could recommend lots of good books, if I knew more. Have you read the Newbery winners? Are you male or female, what kind iof books have you liked in the past? Have you read Tolkien? Ask another question, with more specific details and I will come up with suggestions.
2006-06-25 21:53:28 · answer #5 · answered by Jan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reilly's Luck by Louis L'Amour.Its a western.A young boy is abandoned by his own mother(she tells her boyfriend to kill him)The boy ends up with a gambler and he brings him up.Turns out to be the best gamble he ever made.The boy grows up and later kills the people who murdered the gambler.The Daybreakers,Fair blows the wind,Galloway are also good books by the same author.
If you like fantasy try the Dragon Jousters series by Mercedes Lackey.The first book 'Joust', is about Vetch a young serf who is rescued by a Dragon Jouster from his cruel master.He becomes a Dragon boy(one who takes care of dragons).Later he secretly hatches his own dragon.The later two books are about how he escapes to his native Alta and how the war between Alta and Tia ends.The setting is strongly Ancient Egyptian.
Take a Thief by Mercedes Lackey is about a young boy Skif who is ill-treated by his relatives.He later falls in with a gang of thieves and becomes a master thief.Later he gets bonded with a talking horse and is admitted to a Herald's College.
Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote the Mars novels and the tarzan novels.There are 11 novels in the mars series beginning with 'a princess of mars'.Captain John Carter of the Confederate Army is whisked to Mars and discovers a dying world of dry ocean beds where giant four-armed barbarians rule, of crumbling cities home to an advanced but decaying civilization, a world of strange beasts and savage combat, a world where love, honor and loyalty become the stuff of adventure. The later books are about his son Carthoris,daughter Tara etc.John carter is a recurring character in all these books as martians live for 1000 years.
The best among the Tarzan novels is 'Son of Tarzen.' Jack,the son of Tarzan shared his father's love for apes.He was only trying to help an ape escape to Africa from his cruel trainer.However he got involved in a murder and couldn't return home.He chose to live in the jungle with the apes.Its a fascinating book.The social system among the intelligent giant apes,Korak's relationship with Miriam are all interesting stuff.Its a great coming of age book.
You can get free e-books by edgar rice burroughs and rafael sabatini from Project Gutenberg.
2006-06-26 14:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when I was 12 I started reading fantasy books... my first series was the Shannara series by Terry Brooks!!!
I would also suggest the author David Eddings!
However when I was a little older I started reading the Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, however they have adult content but are very well written.
2006-06-25 22:06:59 · answer #7 · answered by dena_3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are tens of thousands of young adult books written for teenagers.
Professional authors regularly consult them when they wish to get a quick overview in a subject that is new to them.
Adult books are too detailed.
2006-06-25 21:53:41 · answer #8 · answered by Dan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chronicles of Narnia
2006-06-25 23:38:06 · answer #9 · answered by savedbymercy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer, "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison, "In One Era & Out the Other" by Sam Levenson (hysterical book!)
2006-06-25 22:00:05 · answer #10 · answered by V.G. Grace 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋