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    Percy Jackson...yes...and then my sons checked out a lot of extra mythology books from the library to learn more.

    Narnia series...yes

    Golden compass (I think that is a series of three)

    With a little review discussion about drugs being bad, my son read and enjoyed the complete works of Sherlock Holmes. And a little discussion about word usage evolving and not to use a certain word in his writing because it means something different now than it did then (after he asked me about a word used to mean "blurted" but now a days is only used in a sexual connotation).


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    The Mysterious Benedict Society books are fantastic in my opinion. DS loved them and I really enjoyed reading them as well. DS read and re-read The Chronicles of Narnia at that age. He still pulls them out. The Redwall books are also wonderful.

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    My son liked the Septimus Heap and Dragonet series. Septimus has probably 7-8 books and Dragonet has 5, I think. He also enjoyed Percy Jackson (5 books)and Lost Heroes series (5 books). I just got him Fablehaven off Amazon. He is a huge fan of books in a series.

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    The Castle Glower series (Tuesdays at the Castle, etc.) by Jessica Day George

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    DS7 is really, really loving the Percy Jackson books. He also still enjoys the Heroes in Training books, which are Greek god books too. They are a little younger than Percy books. But fun.

    Also - how about the 39 clues books?

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    Definitely check the book lists in this forum, there are some great recommendations there. FWIW, DS9 decided not the read the last HP book, deciding it was too much for him at the time. He likes to go back and forth between books like Captain Underpants and The Maze Runner, with Percy Jackson and Mysterious Benedict Society in between.

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    The Murderous Maths/Horrible Science/Horrible Geography are beloved here, and have the pictures/text interaction you mentioned.


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    I would encourage parents of boys as well as girls to check out the book listings at A Mighty Girl. It can be an excellent experience for boys to discover that they can enjoy and even identify with books about girl heros.

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    For lighter, more humorous books, Pippi Longstocking is awesome.

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    The Familiars series-- my DS8 read it when he was seven and loved it.

    Other hits include:

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    Matilda
    James and the Giant Peach
    Percy Jackson series

    DS also liked the Magic Shop series by Bruce Coville.

    Coincidentally, DS is immersed in Harry Potter now. When he's finished, I may try to introduce Redwall.

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