11 yo boy has loved all the Stuart Gibbs series, Alex Rider, Maze Runner, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter. Is now on the Hunger Games. What else would you suggest for him? I feel stuck and he likes series. Not interested in Eragon, The Hobbit.
by tgbarbie
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I had similar tastes at 11, lol. He’d probably enjoy the 39 Clues series and Divergent series. 39 Clues are slightly easy reads in comparison but there’s a *ton* of books in the series & I remember them being super engaging.
Series I read at that age that I recommend:
– The Chronicles of Prydain: my dad read this to me as a kid, and then I read it again myself, and oh my god, it was so good. loved it so much. its a high fantasy, adventure kids series, its funny and fast paced and awesome. Lloyd Alexander is a classic author.
– Artemis Fowl. obvious one. kind of gritty middle grade fiction, very long series, riveting, awesome, I absolutely need to read it again
– the Charlie Bone series. I tried reading it again and forgot the language in it is pretty elementary, but I read it/listened to it around age 12 or so and loved it! it’s kinda like harry potter (but way better if you ask me). kind of slower paced, not so much action, but awesome.
– the Sisters Grimm series. its like “dark” fantasy, for kids. I think I was in elementary school when I read this one, but it was good!
different from the others & may not be his thing, but the Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett is super good too and I read that alongside mostly action-focused middle grade series at that age. its good for pretentious kids 🙂