Books For Boys, a list
by Elizabeth Hobson
Children's Librian, Nyack Library
Recent Releases:
Practicing Readers (easy/early chapter books) – 7 to 9 year olds
| Amato, Mary |
Snarf Attack, Underfoodle, and the Meaning of Life; Drooling and Dangerous |
| Clements, Andrew |
Frindle; Lost and Found; No Talking; Room One |
| Colfer, Eoin |
The Legend of Spud Murphy; The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth |
| Cowell, Cressida |
How to Train Your Dragon; How to be a Pirate |
| Gutman, Dan |
My Weird School series, Book One: Miss Daisy is Crazy |
| Leguin, Ursula |
Catwings (series) |
| Marshall, James |
Rats on the Roof; Rats on the Range |
| Peterson, |
The Littles (series) |
| Osborne, Mary Pope |
Tales from the Odyssey series: Book One: The One-Eyed Giant |
| Selznick, Brian |
The Houdini Box |
Confident Readers – 9 years and up
| Cadnum, Michael |
The Book of the Lion |
| Flanagan, John |
The Ranger’s Apprentice series, book one: The Ruins of Gorlan |
| Gutman, Dan |
Jackie & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure (series); The Million Dollar Shot (series) |
| Kinney, Doug |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) |
| MacDonald, Amy |
No More Nice |
| McAllister, M.I. |
Mistmantle series, Book One: Urchin of the Riding Seas |
| Morris, Gerald |
The Squire’s Tale (series) |
| Naylor, Phyllis |
The Boys Start the War (series) |
| Riordan, Rick |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, book one: The Lightning Thief |
| Sachar, Louis |
Stories from the Wayside School (series); Holes |
| Sage, Angie |
Magyk (series) |
| Selznick, Brian |
The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
| Stewart, Paul |
The Edge Chronicles series, book one: Beyond the Deep Woods |
| Van Draanen, Wendelin |
The Shredderman Series, book one: Secret Identity |
| Wilson, Nathan D. |
Leepike Ridge |
Classics (* indicates for younger readers):
| Alexander, Lloyd |
Time Cat |
| Atwater, Richard & Florence |
Mr. Popper’s Penguins* |
| Dahl, Roald |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; James and the Giant Peach |
| Gannett, Ruth Styles |
My Father’s Dragon (series)* |
| Gardiner, John Reynolds |
Stone Fox* |
| George, Jean Craighead |
My Side of the Mountain (series) |
| Selden, George |
Cricket in Times Square; Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse* |
| Rockwell, Thomas |
How to Eat Fried Worms |
| Twain, Mark |
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn |
| Verne, Jules |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Journey to the Center of the Earth; Around the World in 80 Days |
| White, E.B. |
Charlotte’s Web; Stuart Little; The Trumpet of the Swan |
| Wyss, Johanna |
The Swiss Family Robinson |