Fiction – Good Books For Boys http://goodbooksforboys.com A book review site for young boys Mon, 27 Mar 2023 21:04:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 214630380 The Secret Keepers http://goodbooksforboys.com/the-secret-keepers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-secret-keepers Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:54:56 +0000 https://goodbooksforboys.com/?p=480

The Secret Keepers

By: Trenton Lee Stewart

Age Recommendation 10+

3.3/5

 

Reuben is just an ordinary boy that lives with his mother. One day he goes out exploring the city. During his climbs on top of buildings he finds an extraordinary antique watch. At home he start learning its secrets, which throws him into an wild adventure. He likes the watch for a while until he realizes how dangerous it is. He must decide what to do with it. Along the way he meets curious characters, finds himself in dangerous places, and thrilling scenarios. But at the very end he must make a decision that will change his life 

]]> 480 The Wednesday Wars http://goodbooksforboys.com/the-wednesday-wars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wednesday-wars Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:58:33 +0000 https://goodbooksforboys.com/?p=401

The Wednesday Wars

By: Gary D. Schmidt

Age Recommendation 10+

4/5

Holling HoodHood is in for it, he just started seventh grade and Mrs.Baker his’ new teacher hates his guts. On Wednesdays while everybody leaves early to go to church he has to stay because his family does not go to church and read Shakespeare and help clean. His Father doesn’t give a hoot about it because the “success” of HoodHood and Associates depends on it. Will Holing live to see eighth grade?

]]> 401 The Seventeenth Swap http://goodbooksforboys.com/the-seventeenth-swap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-seventeenth-swap Thu, 14 Jul 2022 16:16:07 +0000 https://goodbooksforboys.com/?p=355

The Seventeenth Swap

By:  Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Age Recommendation 8+

3.9/5

 

Eric Greene has a crippled young friend named Jimmy who wants a pair of red cowboy boots that are on sale with all his heart, but his Mother can not afford them. Eric then starts on a series of trades and swaps for those outrageous red boots for his best friend. 

 

It’s a good story about a good friend who gets very creative in getting some thing that he can even afford.

]]> 355 Follow My Leader http://goodbooksforboys.com/follow-my-leader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=follow-my-leader Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:57:11 +0000 https://goodbooksforboys.com/?p=337

Follow My Leader

By: James B. Garfield 

Age Recommendation 8+

4/5

Jimmy Carter was living a good life, but one day while he and his friends were playing baseball the day after the Fourth of July Art found a leftover firecracker which was illegal except on the Fourth of July. Jimmy tried to stop him, but Art threw the fire cracker at him and it exploded in his face leaving him blind. Jimmy now must relearn pretty much everything that involves sight in a different way.

 

This book is based on a true story. When the author was a child his mom sold German Shepherds for seeing eye dogs. He met Jimmy at a dog show. Jimmy told him how he lost his eyesight because of a firecracker.

 

]]> 337 The Lord of the Flies http://goodbooksforboys.com/the-lord-of-the-flies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lord-of-the-flies Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:20:46 +0000 https://goodbooksforboys.com/?p=320

Lord of the flies

By: William Golding

Age Recommendation 12+

4.3/5

 

A plane from Britain full of evacuating school boys is shot down and crashes on a desert island. Piggy and Ralph, two of the school boys, find a conch shell and blow it to summon the other boys. Ralph is appointed leader and he appoints a boy named Jack as the hunting leader. At first they enjoy playing games and swimming, and not having parents telling them what to do, but they start getting lazy and do not work which makes the people who are working have to work twice as hard and what happens when Jack gets jealous of Ralph and takes control of half of the tribe and starts attacking them, killing a few of them. Will they ever get off of this island alive?

 

This book is a little violent and creepy, because they got thrown into a dangerous situation that becomes a fight for survival.

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