Does anyone have a prepared reading list for boys aged 7 to 11 that is relatively safe for honest white folk? Mrs Shields looks after the homeschooling for our brood, but recently has become despondent about the local library selection, and rightly so. We followed Sonlight for a while, adding our own selections here and there, but I'd like to know if there's a good list I've missed.
My boy is not ready for The International Jew, Mein Kampf, 200 Years or the Turner Diaries yet, so you can skip those recommendations for now.
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[–] MarauderShields [S] ago
Thank you, he loved C.S.Lewis and Tolkein too. Can I ask if you have a preferred version of the Arthurian legends? I don't want to spoil him yet with the new Netflix adaptation.
[–] cyclops1771 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The Once and Future King by T.H. White. Disney used it for their 1950's (60's?) A Sword in the Stone animated movie.
I want to say I read that one in 5th or 6th grade.
[–] MarauderShields [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Bonus internet points for you today! Thank you!
[–] cyclops1771 ago (edited ago)
If your boys like dogs, Red Fern and Old Yeller will be tough, but lessons in love and loss for a boy and his dog. Jack London books are great ones for boys and dogs.
Just thought of Kipling's Kim and Stevenson's Treasure Island as great colonial spy and pirate books.