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betty
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Beth
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Books for 8 yr old boy??
Does anyone have any ideas for books for an 8 year old boy. My nephew loves to read and my brother said he loves the Magic Treehouse and Captain Underpants books but has all of them. Any suggestions?
TIA
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Posted 2/15/11 9:21 PM  |
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PatsBrat
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
The Henry Huggins books by Beverly Cleary
My Weird School books by Dan Gutman
A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
Bailey School Kids series by Marcia Jones
Freckle Juice and The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume
Happy shopping 
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| Posted 2/15/11 9:32 PM |
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Erica
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
I'm finding that the boys like Franny K Stein by Jim Benton (even though the main character is a girl).
also (in addition to PP's list):
Geronimo Stilton
Raymond and Graham
Bad Kitty
Diary of a Killer Cat
Big Nate
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| Posted 2/16/11 8:50 AM |
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joenick
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
Diary of a Wimpy Kid....the whole series.
They are hysterical and my son reads and rereads them ALL the time!
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PatsBrat
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
Posted by Erica
Geronimo Stilton
The kids in my clas loooove this series. I can't stand it! LOL
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| Posted 2/16/11 11:40 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
Wimpy Kid diaries is for independent readers & was a big hit.
If the parents read to them:
My 7 & 9 year old loved the Lightning Thief series. I thought it was great because they learned Greek mythology.
We just finished The Spiderwick Chronicles & have started 39 Clues.
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| Posted 2/16/11 1:09 PM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
Posted by joenick
Diary of a Wimpy Kid....the whole series.
They are hysterical and my son reads and rereads them ALL the time!
I second this. My 7 year old loves these books!
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| Posted 2/16/11 3:01 PM |
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rojerono
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
Agree with Diary of a Wimpy Kid.. my boys ate it up.
Also agree with Lightening Thief. We read it together and used Hesiod's theogeny with it to really help him understand classic mythology. We've started the new series by the author since we enjoyed the last one so much!
Savvy - it has a female central character.. but my 9 year old just loved it anyway. It was very well written.
The Wrinkle In Time Series - again a female is at the center of most of the series.. but the story was intriguing enough to hold his interest.
The Narnian Chronicles - another one that we read together and tied to reading some stories from the bible so he could understand the concept of parables. It also allowed me to help him understand parallel storytelling and inference.
The Phanton Tollbooth - a favorite of mine that my older son just loved.
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| Posted 2/16/11 4:38 PM |
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jes81276
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Jaime
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
Gooney Bird Green Series
Ready Freddy series
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| Posted 2/16/11 5:16 PM |
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betty
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Beth
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
THANK YOU ALL SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 2/16/11 11:27 PM |
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Erica
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
Posted by rojerono
Agree with Diary of a Wimpy Kid.. my boys ate it up.
Also agree with Lightening Thief. We read it together and used Hesiod's theogeny with it to really help him understand classic mythology. We've started the new series by the author since we enjoyed the last one so much!
Savvy - it has a female central character.. but my 9 year old just loved it anyway. It was very well written.
The Wrinkle In Time Series - again a female is at the center of most of the series.. but the story was intriguing enough to hold his interest.
The Narnian Chronicles - another one that we read together and tied to reading some stories from the bible so he could understand the concept of parables. It also allowed me to help him understand parallel storytelling and inference.
The Phanton Tollbooth - a favorite of mine that my older son just loved.
Just be careful with these books (for OP) - they are all much higher reading levels than 8 years old. Some even in the 7-8th grade range. You really have to know the reader. Books that are too high can really discourage boys and turn them off to reading. Others eat them up.
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| Posted 2/17/11 8:46 AM |
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CaidensMommy
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
I've been looking for some for my 7 year old. He's only into Magic Treehouse books. I want to get him the "Choose Your Own Adventure Books". I loved them as a kid!
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| Posted 2/17/11 9:21 AM |
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Kathy
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
My nephew is 8 and he is reading The Beast Quest series. He really enjoys them.
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| Posted 2/17/11 10:46 AM |
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rojerono
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
Posted by Erica
Posted by rojerono
Agree with Diary of a Wimpy Kid.. my boys ate it up.
Also agree with Lightening Thief. We read it together and used Hesiod's theogeny with it to really help him understand classic mythology. We've started the new series by the author since we enjoyed the last one so much!
Savvy - it has a female central character.. but my 9 year old just loved it anyway. It was very well written.
The Wrinkle In Time Series - again a female is at the center of most of the series.. but the story was intriguing enough to hold his interest.
The Narnian Chronicles - another one that we read together and tied to reading some stories from the bible so he could understand the concept of parables. It also allowed me to help him understand parallel storytelling and inference.
The Phanton Tollbooth - a favorite of mine that my older son just loved.
Just be careful with these books (for OP) - they are all much higher reading levels than 8 years old. Some even in the 7-8th grade range. You really have to know the reader. Books that are too high can really discourage boys and turn them off to reading. Others eat them up.
Absolutely true and I should have been more clear that when we read 'harder' stuff we do it as a team. I will sit with them and read. No matter how difficult it is they totally eat up the fact that they get to spend time and share an interest with mom..
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| Posted 2/17/11 2:33 PM |
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mom2boys
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marie
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
Posted by joenick
Diary of a Wimpy Kid....the whole series.
They are hysterical and my son reads and rereads them ALL the time!
I second this, my son loves these books.
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| Posted 2/17/11 7:26 PM |
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jerseychick
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Re: Books for 8 yr old boy??
The Time Warp Trio series
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