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Yeah I don't think my mother was really thinking clearly when she let me pick up the first book which isn't as bad as the rest You should by the way pick up the rest of the books in the series, the third one "Mammoth Hunters" really was awful and quite annoying. After that things get good again w/traveling and such. There are a few chapter's in Plains Of Passage tho, that are some of the most disturbing things I've read /nod.

Yeah well that obviously didn't work out too well lmao, I had my 3 children at age 16, 19, and 20 ^.~ good books tho lol.

I guess everyone presumed he'd read the Narnia books already, if he's read the Harry Potters.

Yeah he's read all the Narnia books already :)



I had to force my way through that book, it was just off to me. Then again I loved Plains of Passage, and I know alot of people think that's the worst book of the series /shrug I like it better when they are alone I guess lol.

Ha ha. If a picture is worth a thousand words, and the pen is mightier than the sword, does that make a fax machine the most powerful weapon in existence?



I hated Plains of Passage. I think maybe it's because I don't like Jondalar that much and he got a lot of screen time in that book. The alone part I don't mind so much, I did enjoy Valley of Horses, but even then I liked the Ayla parts a lot more than the Jondalar/Thonolan parts.

That might have made things better actually.

I suppose you could get him some of the Hardy Boys books, I remember reading some of them as a kid. The only sex part is when they one of them ejaculated at the other... I had to pick up a dictionary to realize that the old early twentieth century meaning of ejaculate is "To shout with urgency", new words, yay!

Since he's reading some of the Harry Potter series, he might like the Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini (Eragon and Eldest so far). Unlike the abysmal movie they made, the books are amazing. Think LoTR, cept easier to read (but still intelligently written) and with Dragons.

Plus for added coolness factor Christopher Paolini is only 21-23 real young guy but been working on the books for ages. (He graduated high school at 15).

The other suggestion I have is the Twilight series. It's a bit more grown-up (high school) and has some innuendo but there is no sex or swearing. Twilight series is basically a Vampire romance saga and all the conflicts that arise between the main character Bella being in love with a vampire that doesn't drink blood from people.

In the end though, I'd go for dragons. Just easier to sell to a young guy.

Didn't mean to really compare The Inheritance series to LoTR only meant to say they are in a similar vein. Orcs, Elves, magic and all that. And to say that 90% of the plot is from Star Wars is a little harsh don't you think?

I mean if I looked at fanasty stories in general half of them would be very similar to Star Wars' Plot. LoTR for example, boy discovers there's more to the world than he thinks, goes on quest to save it. Mentor figure shows up and guides him through some perils but eventually "dies". Boy fights evil triumphs in the end but scathed.

Since LoTR came out before Star Wars you could say that Star Wars is basically 90% of LoTR's plot with that logic, just substitute Castle Storm sieges with Tie Fighter battles.

Many novels have used this same formula for plots ever since Beowulf. 90% of all RPG Games use this plot even. Stories can still be new and fresh even if the plot isn't all that original.

As far as the Twilight Series goes, for me it's not so much the vampires as it's a dark love story with unique conflicts.



Edited, May 28th 2008 12:58am by Dynas

Someone already mentioned Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Series, which is excellent.

I would recommend most of what Andre Norton has written. Same with some of Poul Anderson's works. It has been a VERY long time since I have read any of Terry Brooks Shanarra books, but there might be some gems in the earlier books in that series, that dont contain sexual situations.

Last suggestion would be David Eddings' Belgeriad. I think it does have some sexual connotations, but it is light.

I had forgotten about Andre Norton, I've got some of the Halfblood Chronicles put away somewhere. :)

well when i was about 10-12 i used to love the enid blyton famous five series (atleast i think i was that old)
then there is always the books prathcett wrote sepcificaly for children and even alot of the discworld series that should be ok for someone of that age (might not quite understand all the footnotes but the books are still enjoyable without them.


Edited, Jun 17th 2008 11:30am by shorttee