Book List for Middle-School Boys

After we published four lists of books recommended for youngsters by writer James Patterson (ages 2-7, 6-9, 8-12 and 11-up) last week, El Cerrito parent Nancy Gordon offered the list below of "Great Reads for Middle School Age Boys," which she compiled about three years ago with former Portola Middle School librarian Anne Milkie:

Author

Title/Series

Barron, T.A.

Great Tree of Avalon series

Barron, T.A.

Lost Years of Merlin series

Butcher, Jim

Codex Alera series

Collins, Suzanne

Catching Fire

 

Gregor the Overlander

 

Hunger Games

Delaney, Joseph

Last Apprentice series

Haydon, Elizabeth

Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series

Hunter, Erin

Warriors series

Jordan, Robert

Wheel of Time series*

Kerr, P.B.

Children of the Lamp series

Lasky, Katherine

Guardians of Ga’hoole series

MacHale, D.J.

Pendragon series

Mull, Brandon

Fablehaven series

Nix, Garth

Keys to the Kingdom series

Novik, Naomi

Temeraire series

Oppel, Kenneth

Airborn series

 

Silverwing series

Owen, James

Chronicles of the Imaginarium

Patterson, James

Maximum Ride series

Riordan, Rick

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

 

The Red Pyramid (to be released in May)

Roberts, Judson

Strongbow Saga series

Scott, Michael

Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series

Yancey, Rick

Alfred Kropp series

Kingsley, Kaza

Erec Rex series

Chima, Cinda W.

Warrior Heir, Wizard Heir, Dragon Heir

Fletcher, Charlie

Stoneheart trilogy (Stoneheart, Ironhand, SilverTongue

Stroud, Jonathan

Bartimaeus Trilogy

Sanderson, Brandon

Mistborn trilogy (for kids who like fantasy) *

Horowitz, Anthony

Alex Rider series

Colfer, Eoin

Artemis Fowl series