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10 Fun Summer Reads for Boys Ages 11-14

Ever since I posted 10 Fun Summer Reads for Girls Ages 11-14, folks have been asking me if I’m planning to post one for boys. Here it is, friends, a couple of weeks later than I’d thought to post it, but better late than never 🙂 – 10 books that your boys will enjoy and benefit from and which you won’t have to worry about handing off to them. (As a side note, girls of the same age will probably enjoy some of these, too, but they are a little more geared toward boys’ interests, in my opinion. 🙂 This list was hard to make — not because of the *lack* of books, but because there are so many great ones for this age group! I can’t wait to get to the next few lists for younger and older readers, as well as the read-aloud list.

{As with the list for girls, all the book covers are clickable affiliate links.}

1. This historical fiction adventure involves a young boy named Johnny who finds courage in the midst of a revolution. Really excellent, exciting, and thought-provoking reading!

2. This book has a really interesting (well, to me, anyway!) character at the forefront: Pocahontas’ son, who returns to America. It is well-researched and adventurous!

3. Another Colonial American one, this is the first in a series that goes through American history. This series is great for kids even a little younger than this age group, but it’s also entirely appropriate for 11-14-year-olds.

4. This is just a fun, slightly scary adventure – and a classic!

5. Usually, when I think of Lousia May Alcott, Little Women comes to mind – classic girls-oriented literature. But this gifted author also wrote an equally wonderful novel for boys (well, girls may read it, too! 🙂 ) — and this is it! 🙂

6. Oh, Marguerite Henry! You wrote such engaging books! For any horse-loving boy in your family, this is a great read… and there are lots more Marguerite Henry books, too, if he likes this one!

7. Such a beautiful heartfelt story of a boy and his dog! (There are sequels to this as well.)

8. This one found its way to the girls’ list, too… It is just too good for either gender to pass up! A Jewish teenager in the first century joins a rebel Israeli band in order to defeat the Romans… but he finds that he must conquer the hatred in his heart, instead.

9. A medieval story how a lame boy discovers the “door in the wall” that God provides so that he might fulfill his father’s wishes.

10. This is the first in Frank Peretti’s Cooper Kids series — They are all well-written and exciting, besides strongly portraying in a biblical way the spiritual battle in which we are engaged. Highly recommended! (Note that these have some pretty intensely frightening moments.)

11. Yes, here’s a bonus one! 🙂 I completely forgot about this series and really wanted to include it because it is so good for boys in this age-group. If your young man likes sports, friends, and mystery, then this is a super series for him. It starts with this book, but you can pick up anywhere in the series:

 

So that’s 10 – er, 11! I hope that this list is a helpful resource for you, friends. 🙂 Next up will be a list of books appropriate for family read-alouds, whether around the campfire or cozied up together inside.
Grace and peace,
Alicia

 

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