EVEN MORE Vampire books for a 5th grader? (Thanks, but I need more!)

[MrsJackSparrow4Life]

Well there is the "House of Night" series. It is a little bit on the girly side but if he liked Twilight he might like these as well. There are 6 or 7 of them and the first one is called "Marked."

IF he liked Percy Jackson he may also like the Fablehaven series. It is not really a vampire series but it does deal with supernatural/mythical creatures. Both my mother and I have read them and we really like them.

Has he tried any L.J. Smith books? The "Nightworld" series deals with vampires a lot and and of course there is the "Vampire Diaries".

 

[Feralpeg]

Since I write for a young adult audience, I spend a lot of time reading books for that age group. I just finished reading a series called "The Vampire Plagues". I passed them on to the middle school kids at the school where I volunteer. They love them! They are passing them among themselves to read.

The main characters are 12 and 13 year old children. Two of the kids are the children of an archaeologist. During an expedition to Mexico, they unwittingly release the Mayan god Camazotz (the vampire god). From there, the stories take place in London, Paris and Mexico.

I found the books to be very well written and very exciting.

 

[LiLIrishChick63]

I think that Anne Rice books are still too old for him. He's still relatively new at reading for pleasure, and things like long passages of description, or sexual scenes are likely to make him give up on the book. I should mentioned that when he read the Twilight books he asked me to read and summarize the sex scenes because they were too boring to read. He still needs something faster paced, aimed at a younger audience.

I wonder if we'll have the same issue with Dracula. Maybe I'll buy it and read it, and if it seems accessible I'll have him try. The sex doesn't bother me, unless it makes him put down the book and give up on something I know he'll love in the future, that would make me sad.

The problem with the Twilight table is that it's really romance heavy, and he's just not interested in that. He's still very much a preteen boy.

there were....sex scenes in the Twilight series?? i read the books once or twice and i don't recall any sex in there, to be honest. even when they finally DID get to the sex, 4 books later, the book actually faded to black....and i'm still trying to figure out how a BOOK fades to black....

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

there were....sex scenes in the Twilight series?? i read the books once or twice and i don't recall any sex in there, to be honest. even when they finally DID get to the sex, 4 books later, the book actually faded to black....and i'm still trying to figure out how a BOOK fades to black....

I think it's important to note that the definition of "sex stuff" to a barely 10 year old boy, is a little looser than the definition used by more mature people.

I didn't find anything in the Twilight books that I felt I needed to shelter my child from. I did find things I needed to explain and clarify family values regarding (e.g. we don't impose our will on others through emotional blackmail, nor do we stalk those that we love, or imprison them in rooms with big fluffy beds in the name of protecting them).

However, my 10 year old found plenty of stuff that was objectional to him, including any reference to kissing, sparkling, staring deeply into one another's eyes, negotiating the issue of whether or not they should have sex etc . . . All of those are "sex scenes" aka boring, to a 10 year old boy.

 

[mamacatnv]

Furiously taking notes.

DD has chewed thru the Twilight series in 3 weeks she was "almost done" last night!
She loved the Percy Jackson series as well as all the Harry Potter books.
She is 11 and in 5th grade

 

[Jennasis]

What about the City of Bones series? City of Bones, City of Ash, City of Glass?

 

[Feralpeg]

What about the City of Bones series? City of Bones, City of Ash, City of Glass?

They might be just a bit grown up for a ten year old.

The City of Ember series would be very age appropriate.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

bump

 

[GothTink]

A little more than a week ago I posted the following, and got lots of good suggestions! My son and I went on Amazon, read the first chapters they had posted there, and he selected "Suck it Up", "Dark Runner" and "Eigth Grade Bites", bought them with his gift card and read them all, in a week! We went back and he got the Ninth grade (finished) and Tenth Grade (half way through) books from Vladimir Tod, and the first book in the new Rick Riordan series (as of yet, unread), and he's moving fast.

YAY!!! Very cool that you've got him reading!

(btw, I write Vlad Tod books he's been reading - 8th 9th, etc. )

Have you tried Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak? VERY popular with my readers...

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

YAY!!! Very cool that you've got him reading!

(btw, I write Vlad Tod books he's been reading - 8th 9th, etc. )

Have you tried Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak? VERY popular with my readers...

Wow! He'll be thrilled to know that I "talked" to the author of those books -- he's loving them. Thank you for writing them.

He's on a vampire kick -- within the last few months he's read Twilight, Cirque du Freak, Oliver Nocturne, Vampirates, Suck It Up, Dark Runner, and now your books. He's also read some other stuff -- Percy Jackson, and the Ranger's Apprentice books too.

I'd love more suggestions!

 

[jen0610]

Try this website. It might help you and him find more idea's beyond vampire books.

http://www.bookadventure.com/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp