What books you gift to your 10 year old?
I have a 10 and a 12 year-old, so I qualify to answer.
1. Whatever book they will read.
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I can''t understate this enough: I'm an avid reader. There are books all over my house. But I wasn't always an avid reader; there were phases during my youth when I was more interested in other things.
More importantly, my kids don't want to read all of the books that I read when I was younger or that I suggest now.
Forcing them to read something specific should be far less important than getting them to read.
2. Way Of The Warrior Kid by Jocko Willink
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3. Astrophysics For Young People In A Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson
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4. The One And Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate and Patricia Castelao
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5. Smile by Raina Telgemeier
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6. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
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7. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
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8. Walk around a physical bookstore & explore
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Tangential to #1, but not the same: take your kid to the store and get out of their way!
I recently browsed the YA areas and they really are full of interesting choices.
9. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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10. Animal Farm by George Orwell
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11. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
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12. The Odyssey by Homer
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They have abridged versions.
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