Student Recommended BOOKS FOR BOYS

2014 / 2015

Favorite Books of Mrs. Hansen’s students

BOYS’ TOP 10  (in order of popularity)

1. Michael Vey (series), by Richard Paul Evans
2. Fablehaven (series), by Brandon Mull
3. House of the Scorpion/Lord of Opium, by Nancy Farmer
4. Harry Potter series, by J. K. Rowling
5. The Heroes of Olympus series, by Rick Riordan
6. The Hunger Games (series), by Suzanne Collins
7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series), by Jeff Kinney
8. Divergent (series), by Veronica Roth
9. The Maze Runner (series), by James Dashner
10. Alex Rider series, by Anthony Horowitz

All Others (in alphabetical order)

39 Clues (series), by various authors

Adventurers Wanted series, by M. L. Forman

Artemis Fowl(series), by Eoin Colfer

The Ascendance Trilogy (False Prince), by Jennifer A. Neilsen

Beyonders(series), by Brandon Mull

Big Nate (series), by Lincoln Pierce

The Book of Mormon

Bud, Not Buddy, by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Candy Shop War, by Brandon Mull

Charlie Bone(series), by Jenny Nimmo

Cirque Du Freak series, by Darren Shan

Conspiracy 365 series, by Gabrielle Lord

The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander

Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos

Ender’s Game(series), by Orson Scott Card

Eragon (series), by Christopher Paolini

Gregor the Overlander(series), by Suzanne Collins

Hatchett (series), by Gary Paulsen

The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien

Holes, by Louis Sachar

I Funny (series), by James Patterson

I Survived series, by Lauren Tarshis

I Am Number Four(series), by James Dashner

Janitors (series), by Tyler Whitesides

± Jurassic Park, by Michael Crichton

The Kane Chronicles series, by Rick Riordan

Legend (series), by Marie Lu

Leven Thumps(series), by Obert Skye

The Lord of the Rings(series), by J. R. R. Tolkien

Loser, by Jerry Spinelli

The Lost Hero(series), by Rick Riordan

Maximum Ride(series), by James Patterson

Middle School – Get Me Out of Here! by James Patterson

Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series, by Ranson Riggs

Mistborn series, by Brandon Sanderson

The Ephraim Chronicles , by Lee Nelson

Pendragon series, by D. J. MacHale

Rangers Apprentice series, by John Flanagan

Rascal, by Sterling North

Redwall (series), by Brian Jacques

The Secret Zoo(series), by Bryan Chick

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, by Michael Scott

Septimus Heap series, by Angie Sage

Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snickett

The Spiderwick Chronicles series, by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi

The Spook’s Apprentice(series), by Joseph Delaney

Steelheart, by Brandon Sanderson

The Storm Testament(series), by Lee Nelson

Summer Ball (and others), by Mike Lucia

Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites (series), by Chris

Heimerdinger

Theodor Boone series, by John Grisham

The Three Investigators series, by Willlam Arden

Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stephenson

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne

± Unbroken, by Laura Hilenbrand

Ungifted, by Gordon Korman

Unwanteds(series), by Lisa McMann

Vietnam series by Chris Lynch

The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson

Wonder, by R. J. Palacio

Wool (series), by Hugh Howey

The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt

± Represents a book written for adults