Hi everyone, I’m looking for recommendations for fiction books for a reluctant 13 year old boy. At the moment he desperately avoids eeading, but we’re going on holiday soon and device time will be limited so I think this is a good opportunity to try and ignite a passion for reading (emphasis on try!)
He does have a decent reading age and is intelligent. He read the whole ‘Wild Wood’ series last year, so horror themes are good. Also loves anything Japanese. So any Japanese horror series about? 😂😂
TIA
Edit: Dread Wood not wild wood!
by DrPips2
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The Outsiders by S E Hinton
My son loved Ender’s Game at about that age. You might also try the Tinker series by Wen Spencer
# Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things – [Lafcadio Hearn](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/35238.Lafcadio_Hearn)
[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91540.Kwaidan](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/91540.Kwaidan) [3.83/5.0]
You could go classic like The Chrysalids?
I always recommend graphic novels for my young reluctant readers! Since your son is into Japanese culture, maybe manga?
Here’s a list of [YA horror comics and manga](https://stackedbooks.org/ya-horror-comics/YAHorrorComicsToEnjoyAllYearLong) that could be a good starting point!
I just mentioned this in another thread, but it seems relevant here too. My son is 15 and hates reading. He’s only ever read and finished one book that I recommended- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night-time. He loved it.
He might enjoy a short, horror parody of The Wizard of Oz called “A Taste of Oz.” Here’s an excerpt:
[https://www.youthplays.com/play/a-taste-of-oz-by-robin-blasberg-563&ref=](https://www.youthplays.com/play/a-taste-of-oz-by-robin-blasberg-563&ref=)
Lockwood and Co!!!!!
For travel, maybe try audiobooks. My son has a strong auditory preference for learning. We turned him into a reader in part by reading to him (through high school) and listening to audiobooks together on car trips.