Lazy Mom's Book Request

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Xantippe said:
Yes–and occasionally a wee bit inappropriate for younger children.

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True!!

Even the Colour of Magic film you mention,

There is a scene where a girl was to be sacrificed to the heathen Gods, who is not in keeping with Catholic modest fashion sense, and who says an impure comment.

For that reason, not a film suitable for Catholics,
 
The heroine is about to be rescued from being a virgin sacrifice and she’s kind of ticked off about the rescue.

I LOVE the dragons, though. And the sapient pearwood chest (for the non-readers, it’s a wooden piece of luggage that follows you itself).
MaryHelp777 said:
True!!

Even the Colour of Magic film you mention,

There is a scene where a girl was to be sacrificed to the heathen Gods, who is not in keeping with Catholic modest fashion sense, and who says an impure comment.

For that reason, not a film suitable for Catholics,
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Just wanted to say thanks again for the book lists and recommendations and reviews and warnings! This is SO incredibly helpful!!

Thanks to all of you!
 
He might like this sci-fic series by Susan Beth Pfeffer. (An asteroid hits the moon and the disaster threatens all life on earth.)

Life as we knew it. Narrator is a 16-year-old girl in rural Pennsylvania. (Only two believers portrayed; both are unflattering.)

The dead and the gone. Third-person narration for a 17-year-old boy in New York City. (Almost all characters are Catholic.)

This world we live in. Survivors of book 1 and book 2 meet. (Note: ending reminds some readers of On the beach by Nevil Shute.)

Shade of the moon. Survivors of book 3. (Personal opinion: mostly for completionists.)

Then there’s always The road by Cormac McCarthy.

World War II,*** D-day*** by Stephen Ambrose.

As to your son not warming to the Lord of the Rings series, here is a good explanation why. (More by that author on Middle-Earth in the Wayback machine.
 
You probably have plenty of books but nobody’s mentioned some of my favorites: Rosemary Sutcliff’s Eagle of the Ninth chronicles (3 books) and also Charles Williams books, in particular The Place of the Lion and The Greater Trumps. (His others may be too adult and sensual.) He’s called the third Inkling.

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If he likes historical fiction - try books by Shaara - he has some written that are set during WWII but also during other conflicts in US history, so it might offer your son a chance to branch out.

There’s no problem that I recall regarding language or sexuality, but fair warning, there are accurate though not descriptively graphic (aka not Stephen King) descriptions of what actually happens on a battlefield (odors, remains, etc.) Not graphically hyped up, but not excluded either.

I love the fact that the author tries to keep his historical figures as realistic as possible and uses facts to tell the story of how events happened - not made-up stories with a war backdrop.
 
I would say any and all C.S. Lewis. Loved his Space Trilogy and other books when I was that age or younger. Also George MacDonald. He wrote a lot of books in the 1800’s.
 
You might try searching used book sites (powells, amazon, abebooks, etc) for books written in the first half of the 20th century. There was a fair amount of boys’ fiction written then and most of the stuff for teens is cheap enough.
 
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