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1. Holes by Louis Sachar
The twisted story of bad luck Stanley Yelnats.

2. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
A thirteen year old guy’s survival tale . . .and more.

3. Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
Five “Epic’” novels worth of fun and gags.

4. Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka
Three guys who can travel anywhere in time or space -- yikes.

5. Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
If you haven’t heard of Harry by now . . .

6. Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Magical mystical witty stuff.

7. Almost everything by Roald Dahl
Votes for The BFG, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Enormous Crocodile, George’s Marvelous Medicine . . .

8. Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli
“One part fact, two parts legend, three parts snowball” says the author.

9. His Dark Materials Trilogy: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Heroic fantasy series -- big and deep.

10. A Five-Way Tie:
Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett
The Watsons Go to Birmingham; Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Babe and Me; Honus and Me; Jackie and Me by Dan Gutman
Monster; Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
Joey Pigza Loses Control; Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos



GUYS READers Recommend

For Little Guys

• Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
• Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble; Dr. DeSoto by William Steig
• Byron Barton books
• I Spy books by Walter Wick


Picture Books For All Ages

• Dr Seuss books
• Stinky Cheese Man; True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!; Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
• Jumanji; The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg


Fantasy/Sci-Fi

• The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
• The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm by Nancy Farmer
• Shade’s Children by Garth Nix
• Copper Elephant by Adam Rapp
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• Skellig; Kit’s Wilderness by David Almond
• Tomorrow:When The War Began by John Marsden
• Rats by Paul Zindel


Non-Fiction

• Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
• The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
• Oh, Yuck!: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty by Joy Masoff
• The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family by Matt Groening


Fiction

• Brian’s Winter; The River by Gary Paulsen
• Nothing But The Truth by Avi
• My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
• This Can’t Be Happening at MacDonald Hall; No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
• Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
• Ironman; Stotan! by Chris Crutcher
• Extreme Elvin; Slot Machine by Chris Lynch
• Burger Wuss by M.T. Anderson