booklettingJul 29, 2023
David Brent 📚
Hey #Bookstodon friends! I could use some help. I'm on vacation with the family and we just finished Book 2 of the Percy Jackson series. Book 3 isn't available from the library yet. What's good for a 10yo that can tide us over for the 4 hour car ride home tomorrow? #Audiiobooks #Books @bookstodon
Jul 29, 2023 at 10:33pmTusky
Show threadKay   Jul 29, 2023
@dbsalk @bookstodon The Ranger's Apprentice series by John Flanagan may appeal to fans of Percy Jackson. Fewer gods but lots of action and quest structure
https://www.goodreads.com/series/43436-ranger-s-apprentice
Ranger's Apprentice Series by John Flanagan

Prequel series: The Early Years .Sequel/Spin-off series: Brotherband Chronicles.Sequel/Spin-off series: Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal RangerThe orig...

Show threadLisaJul 29, 2023
@dbsalk What about some of Riordan’s other books?

- The Hidden Oracle
- The Tyrant’s Tomb

Or different authors:

- Magyk by Angie Sage
- The Alchemist: The Immortal Life of Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
Show threadDavid Brent 📚Jul 30, 2023

@likewise The second two suggestions sound good.

The kids really enjoyed Percy Jackson, but on the audiobook front I think I'm going to try to steer them away from Riordan because the narrator he uses is TERRIBLE. Not what I would consider a good listening experience. Luckily the younger audience didn't seem to mind. They just don't know any better. I'll have to work on that. 😉

#Bookstodon

Show threadFeral_NOLAJul 29, 2023
@dbsalk @bookstodon Coraline. Great in the audiobook version too. Or Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Show threadDavid Brent 📚Jul 30, 2023

@Feral_nola Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors, but not sure how well the 10yo (or his younger brother) would do with the creep factor.

I love Hitchhiker's Guide and hadn't thought about that as a possibility. I'm trying to remember if there's foul language. If not, it might work. We already have a towel in the car. 🤣

Show threadFeral_NOLAJul 30, 2023
@dbsalk my two loved Coraline at that age but kids are all different. I think Hitchhiker is clear but I could be forgetting something. There is also Inkspell but that's another series.
Show threadrabbit_fighter (Brad Wright)Jul 29, 2023
@dbsalk @bookstodon maybe the Narnia books or Wizard of Earthsea. My kid loved those when he was 9-10yo.
Show threadDavid Brent 📚Jul 30, 2023
@rabbit_fighter Narnia series might be a possibility.
Show threadDave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)Jul 29, 2023
@dbsalk @bookstodon
Coraline. The Graveyard Book. (Neil Gaimen)
Song of the Lioness series: Alana (Tamora Pierce)
Show threadDavid Brent 📚Jul 30, 2023

@golgaloth Thanks for the rec. Gaiman is one of my favorite authors, but the boys aren't fans of stories that might be classified as "scary." ("scary" has a very loose and wide-ranging definition for them)

(I'm working on that)

Show threadAnne @annevelink_adJul 30, 2023

@dbsalk

This is very INTERESTING!

Show threadDavid Brent 📚Jul 30, 2023
@Annevelink_AD Interesting... for a fifth grader? 🤔