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Suggested reading for a teenage boy
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Posted on 7/23/2005, 11:32:43 PM by notpoliticallycorewrecked

My son lives on the computer these long summer days. As his mother I would like to see him do more productive things, like read. So I am going to make him read a chapter or two in a good classic book for the rest of his summer. I am looking for recommendations as to what to have him read.Thanks

BTW I plan on reading right along with him so we can talk about the book.


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1 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:32:43 PM by notpoliticallycorewrecked
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

What are his interests..and how old is he?


2 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:33:43 PM by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

Depends - what does he like to read??


3 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:33:52 PM by Tennessee_Bob ("Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willna be fooled again!")
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

The book of 'Proverbs' as found in the Bible!


4 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:35:14 PM by maestro
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

He is 15 and I am trying to expand his interest. He is only interested in the computer. I signed him up to work at our local library. They put him to work in the computer lab. He laughed all the way home his first day. He is holding an A in English and he wants to be a writer/ computer programmer.


5 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:37:29 PM by notpoliticallycorewrecked (Freedom isn't free)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

Practical applications of the hp-15C.


6 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:37:59 PM by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy
I AM trying to get him AWAY from the computer and into good literature.
7 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:39:17 PM by notpoliticallycorewrecked (Freedom isn't free)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked; All
..... .....be sure to take your favorite girl/lady out to see the new movie called,...'Cinderella Man'...then take her out to dinner....

Have the teenager a date too,......great movie date!

8 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:43:23 PM by maestro
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
Tale of Two Cities
Catcher in the Rye
My side of the Mountain
Old Yeller
Where the Red Fern Grows
HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy
9 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:43:48 PM by LongElegantLegs ("Se habla, MoFo!")
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

If he masters the HP-15c, he will be able to buy a library later, because he will understand the six basic functions of a dollar and will start to understand how money is made and lost.

Boys tend to be mathmatical anyway, so why not with something that will benefit his whole life?


10 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:44:17 PM by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
As his mother I would like to see him do more productive things, like read.

uhhh, mom, the computer is just loaded with words.

Seriously, try the Potter books if he is in the low teens. My nephew liked to read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan in his late teens (and still does)

11 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:44:23 PM by kerryusama04 (Walkin' the tightrope between the lost and found.)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked; maestro

Post 4 beat me to it. Proverbs are a MUST. When I was his age, I had to do a Proverbs study on rebelliousness that I've never forgotten, thank God.

Had to hand-write every verse on the subject and then discuss them with DAD.


12 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:45:24 PM by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

Why force him?

If he's got an A in English, and is doing constructive things with the computer (programming, not just playing games) then let him be. It's summer. Sounds like he has good skills to be a tech writer or programmer.


13 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:46:13 PM by LibFreeOrDie (L'chaim!)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
Comic books are a good place to start - I am not kidding. I have known some very smart kids - including my own son, who are into comic books.
14 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:48:08 PM by keithtoo (Howard Dean's Democratic Party: Traitors, Haters, and Vacillators)
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To: maestro

I am a mom. So I am the lady of the house. The movie that every husband and wife should see is The Notebook.


Teenage boy doesn't date yet. He is the opposite of his older very social brother. He considers girls to be friends right now which is just fine with Mom. My son is very cute in teenage girl standards. At our last BSA Court of Honor one of the sisters of another scout was checking out my son, but did not notice that my mother was observing the whole thing.


15 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:48:50 PM by notpoliticallycorewrecked (Freedom isn't free)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

The Last Jihad and The Ezekiel Option by Joel Rosenberg are excellent political thrillers based on Bible prophecy. No swear words. No sex scenes. Just great suspense.


16 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:49:23 PM by Texas Eagle (Hillary '08 -- A 9/10 candidate in a 9/11 world.)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
So I am going to make him read a chapter or two in a good classic book for the rest of his summer.

My suggestion is to not restrict him to what you consider to be classic books. There are many fine books out there that are not "classics", but are still entertaining and fun to read. Find books that will fit his interests. Better yet, take him on a trip to a bookstore. Not one, but several. Used books bookstores as well as new books bookstores. Let him pick out, within reason, which books he would want to read over the summer.

17 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:50:48 PM by lowbridge
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To: LibFreeOrDie
I just want to take an hour out of his busy computer game day and have him do something a bit more constructive
18 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:51:38 PM by notpoliticallycorewrecked (Freedom isn't free)
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

Issac Asimov. Start him with the Multivac stories and Robot series. These will pique his interet since he is a computer lover. With over 450 published stories in every major category of the Dewey Decimal Systen he can read Asimov from A-Z!!


19 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:51:53 PM by Young Werther
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To: LongElegantLegs

Thank you several of those should interest both of us.


20 posted on 7/23/2005, 11:53:18 PM by notpoliticallycorewrecked (Freedom isn't free)
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