Series suggestions for 11-yo boy (cover, encyclopedia, harry potter, movies)

[lisdol]

This is what he has read and enjoyed:

Harry Potter
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The 39 Clues
The Chronicles of Narnia
Charlie Bone
Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" et al.

I am always on the lookout for stand-alone "good" fiction and classics, and buy them and borrow them, and he reads them, but he really enjoys series.

What series do you think he'd like based on those?

Thanks for any ideas. Christmas break is coming up and he's going to be devouring books. He is in a phase right now where he wakes up before everyone else and reads and tries to stay up late with a flashlight under his covers. Books are going fast and I expect with the days free starting Saturday, he will be doing even more reading.

I don't mind in the least taking him to the library but he always seems to need to go at the most inopportune times, like when they have just closed for two days, so I'd like to go this week and pick up some reading material for him to get started.

[lolagranola]

My son liked the Shipwrecked series by Gordon Korman. A group of kids is wrecked at sea in book 1, and there are 2 sequels.

[PA2UK]

His Dark Materials? His Dark Materials - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first of the series was made into the film "The Golden Compass". Unfortunately, the other two movies will not be made.

Also check out this list: http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/READERS/series/juv/title.cfm

[Mooseketeer]

"His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman
"Uncle Montaigu's Tales of Terror" by Christ Priestley
"Tales of Terror from the Black Ship" by Chris Priestley
"Tales of Terror from the Tunnel" by Chris Priestley
"White Fang" by Jack London
"The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
"Inkeart", "Inkdeath" ,"Inkspell" by Cornelia Funke
"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson
All the books by Jules Verne ( Jules Verne)
"Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe
"Quentin Durward" by Walter Scott
"The Hobbit " by JRR Tolkien
"Huckleberry Finn" , "Tom Sayer" by Mark Twain
All the books by Eoin Colfer
"The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling
"The Dangerous book for boys" by Conn Iguldden and Hal Iggulden
"Kidnapped" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" my Beech Stowe
"Tarka the Otter" by Henry Williamson
"Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift

[pinetreelover]

Gary Paulsen has several series that might be well-received. There is "Hatchet" and the follow-ups in the Brian series ("Brian Returns", "Brian's Winter"...). There is also a historical fiction series by Paulsen called the Tucket Series that begins with "Mr. Tuckett".
My son loved all things Gary Paulsen at that age.

[BlueWillowPlate]

Originally Posted by pinetreelover

My son loved all things Gary Paulsen at that age.

Mine too.
There is also the Redwall series, but that might not be challenging enough.

[Ketabcha]

The Hardy Boys series

[sgresident]

There is some other series by Korman. my son read them and enjoyed them. there is also the Cirque de freak series.

[joejitsu]

R.L. Stein is an author I liked when I was that age.

[hutch5]

My son, 10, is currently reading and loving the Dragon keeper trilogy. I read it with him sometimes and it is very well written and engaging.

Dragonkeeper: Dragon Moon (Dragonkeeper Trilogy): Amazon.co.uk: Carole Wilkinson: Books