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My 10 year old is reading "Leven Thumps and the Eyes of Want" My 8 year old is reading "Icefire" My 7 year old just finished the Artemis Fowl graphic novel. They're also reading Calvin and Hobbes and improving their vocabulary in the process.

leventhumps dot com gives a pretty god rundown :) It's a fantasy series about the land of Foo which is what allows humans to dream. Very good ;)

He delivers the goods all the way through the book :) They're wonderful!

YAY! I'm so glad I could help :) It's a bit creepy, but quite good. Good luck finding a copy!

Could it have been "Oddkins" by Dean Koontz? it was released in 1988 and sounds similar to what you're looking for. I haven't read it in ages, so I can't be sure. The cover sounds right too. if you search on Amazon, you might be able to find it. It's out of print now.

I've read the first two of these books and immediately fell in love and have recommended them to everyone I know. The opening paragraph of the first book completely hooked me. It's one of the best opening paragraphs I think I've read in contemporary fiction. "It was forty degrees above...

My kids are allowed to read anything I have in my house, except my adult horror. They're just not ready for some of that stuff yet (they're 7, 8, 10) I've let them know that they're welcome to read anything that they like, but I would like them to check with me first. That way I'm aware of...

I've only read the first one so far, but my 10 year old has read all three. What I really love about them is the sense of humor. They're also quite well written for target audience, which is refreshing. They held my interest quite well and weren't to easy to read. It took me more than the...

Oh, yes, we LOVE Roald Dahl here :) I have most of his stuff. I also forgot to list the Peter and the Starcatchers series. He loves them :) Thanks for the other pointers, I'll go look those up.

My son has turned into an avid reader and I'm having a hard time keeping up with him! He's read everything in the house that he's found interesting and just finished the last book I bought him in a week So, I was curious if any of you could recommend books that would interest him. I want...

Hi there! I'm a mom of 3 boys. My oldest, 10, reads anything he can get his hands on. My middle boy, 8, is starting on Icefire, after finishing "The Fire Within". It only took him 6 months, but you have to admire that kind of stick-to-it-iveness! My youngest, 7, is mostly interested in...