hey, all the intellectual elitists. a book recommendation for boys

[seabeyond]

stepping into teenage years. do any of you guys.... know of any really good books that helped you along in understanding of puberty and the different feeling ect....

my son, lol lol is into learning his way thru life and he is starting to really feel it. hitting 11 and the deeper voice, and the emotions, (oh ya guys aren't suppose to have them, wink), never being able to say anything stupid or the whole school knows in no time.... yada yada yada

told him tonight. high highs, and low lows.... gonna be a while of this.

anyway, any good books that helps boys along at this time would be really appreciated.

[TygrBright]

1. Catcher in the Rye....n/t

[seabeyond]

5. lol lol probably a good book for him, you are right, but.... hinkley

and the dude that shot lennon and the movie conspiracy theory. my husband had to read the book in high school. i dont remember. doesnt make all psycho huh

that is a good idea, thank you

[Bigmack]

2. "The Body"..

... short story by Steven King. Made into a movie ..."Stand by Me".

Still thinking...

[seabeyond]

6. ty gonna check it out n/t

[Horseradish]

3. Theodore Sturgeon: Godbody

His final work.

Found it when I was 18 wandering through the library. Saw the title on the spine and had to check it. Check it ....

[seabeyond]

7. will do thank you. i am so excited. this is grand

he is such a reader.

[moc]

4. Just asked Mr. moc

(he's a therapist who specializes in child/adolescent)

He recommended this book:

Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805061835/qid=1145503285/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-8609790-1318231?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

If you're looking for a book to teach your son about the birds and the bees, I've heard this one is good:

It's So Amazing! : A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families (Paperback)
by Robie H. Harris, Michael Emberley

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763613215/qid=1145503451/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-8609790-1318231?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

[seabeyond]

8. you are great. edmund started reading that book at 8

adn it really helped him out a lot because he is so different from a lot of boys. and that book really validated his approach to boyness..... kiss your hubby for me. if he has any others with more the just 12, 13 changes appreciate

sex he has already dont the research, lol lol. and i am not shy talking and sharing

more the trauma and pressures of teens.

[seabeyond]

9. oh ya right the lounge. bah hahaha. any intellectual elitists in the

lounge, bah hahaha. i am in a giggle. was hoping they would keep me in gd, but oooooh no, they threw my right on into yawls room. doesnt it kinda bother you all that they take our insignificant and trash up your room with it? seems almost offensive if you ask me. seeming like.... they are giving yawl the respect you deserve, have earned. wink

[Lex]

We have a couple of book forums here at DU too.

Here's the fiction one:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=208

Here's the non-fiction one:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=209

Lots of good information to exchange and discuss in both.

:hi:

[seabeyond]

11. thank you lex, why didnt i check that. of course we do

we are the intellectual elitists, after all. lol. thanks

[Iris]

10. Vision Quest

Ok - I'm not a boy, but I've been an English teacher and I'm studying to be a librarian.


And, honestly, the Judy Blume books are great for boys and girls.


on edit: Vision Quest was made into a movie, but it was based on a book. I just checked the online catalog of my local library and couldn't find the book there - no idea who the author is.

edit again: It was written by Terry Davis.

[seabeyond]

12. thank you. this is so much fun. i went to the library, you know what???

they didnt have any suggestions and i asked liked three people. actually not for puberty books but, books that are just kick ass that son should read. he reads adult level. one of the male librarians suggested lost boy. edmund really enjoyed reading that. read it in one night. ilet him stay up just cause he was enjoying it so much. thank you. i appreciate.

[Iris]

14. Really? Seems like they'd know at least 3 or 4!

Ah, well. there are plenty - I could think of more if it weren't the end of the semester and I weren't brain dead!

There are also classics like The Great Gatsby that he might not completely get right now, but it wouldn't hurt to introduce him to something like that. You never know. . .


oh, here are a couple of really old ones - A Day No Pigs Would Die and Bless the Beasts and the Children (similar to Lord of the Flies).

[seabeyond]

15. thank you... gonna just make a list from what yawl give me

they are great suggestions

[KitchenWitch]

13. S E Hinton's books are good fiction reads for boys

[seabeyond]

16. thank you kitchenwitch. summer is coming

i was specifically looking for books addressing boys puberty experience in a educational, intellectual, non fiction kinda way.....

but...

summer is coming and he loves to read. and as i said in a post above, went to library and didnt get any good suggestions. os this is really grand of you to share. edmund will enjoy a list for the summer. and library is only a mile away. a place we use often

thanks

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

17. Actually the Judy Blume book 'Then Again, Maybe I Won't' wasn't bad

for this. It does include frank discussion of the awakening of sexual feelings in boys as they hit puberty, and the usual, ahem, solution of adolescent boys for these feelings. It is told from the point of view of a boy entering puberty.

The much better known "Are you there God, it's me, Margaret" is something I read around this time and found instructive as well. If you sit around and read these things in the library, the embarassment is less. ;)

[seabeyond]

18. embarrassment factor???? lol lol nah.... i dont get embarrassed

are you talking check out. well thank you. i hadnt even thought about that. i appreciate this. i can jsut pick it up and leave it in his room. appreciate it.

on edit: i really hadnt even thought about that part. again, appreciate you being a reminder. silly me

[hfojvt]

19. Growing up Brady by Barry Williams

Isn't that a lounge answer?

Isn't he reading about a certain young boy who is not only going through these changes but also studying wizardry?

I cannot remember what I was reading so many years ago. I remember I read alot of the biographies that were in the 6th grade section of our library.

I am not sure of his reading level, he might be past authors like Bruce Coville and Christopher Pike's Spooksville. I found a couple good books by Mary Stolz too, although I cannot remember the titles, and I cannot say enough about Jackie French Koller's "If I had one wish" although I was unable to get either of my nieces to read it.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

20. The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4

and its first sequel "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" by Sue Townsend. It's possibly a little bit British and a little bit dated, but at its heart is pretty timeless.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0380730448/

In a similar, but far more health and puberty orientated, is The Diary of a Teenage Health Freak:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199109052