Geeky YA series?

alh
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:31:50 +0000

It really will depend on the child. I recommend you read them first and decide.

My kids and their friends were reading Ender’s Game, Jurassic Park, Congo, Sphere before age 10. I can only remember this because of debating whether they could see Jurassic Park when it came out and the fact they had already read the book. It wasn’t too scary for them. It was pretty much too scary for me. I had to shut my eyes.

They all adored the Ender books.

I just about had a heart attack when my 12 year old nephew was visiting and reading Card’s Lost Boys which I thought was way too intense for him, and told him to come get me if it gave him nightmares. No problem for him, though. Sometimes it isn’t clear to me exactly what they are understanding when they read that sort of thing. I didn’t even want to ask about Lost Boys unless he brought it up, which he didn’t.

edit: crossposted