>>>>What other good books for 10 year old can you recommend?
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>Amazon recommends:
>http://www.amazon.com/Year-Old-Boys-Must-Read-List/lm/2IH1N4ICRA5O2
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>But, these are the most recommended by mothers and 10-12 year old boys (I agree with this list):
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>The Boxcar Children Mystery Series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
>A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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>Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
>-Artemis Fowl
>-Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
>-Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
>-Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
>-Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
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>Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (6 Books)
>-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
>-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
>-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
>-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
>-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
>-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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>A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (15 Books)
>-Book the First: The Bad Beginning
>-Book the Second: The Reptile Room
>-Book the Third: The Wide Window
>-Book the Fourth: The Miserable Mill
>-Book the Fifth: The Austere Academy
>-Book the Sixth: The Ersatz Elevator
>-Book the Seventh: The Vile Village
>-Book the Eighth: The Hostile Hospital
>-Book the Ninth: The Carnivorous Carnival
>-Book the Tenth: The Slippery Slope
>-Book the Eleventh: The Grim Grotto
>-Book the Twelfth: The Penultimate Peril
>-Book the Thirteenth: The End
>-Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
>-The Beatrice Letters
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>The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tokien (4 Books) [again, if you haven't already]
>-The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again
>-The Fellowship of the Ring
>-The Two Towers
>-The Return of the King and the Annals of the Kings and Rulers
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>Dragonlance by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
>The Chronicles
>-Dragons of Autumn Twilight
>-Dragons of Winter Night
>-Dragons of Spring Dawning
>-Dragons of Summer Flame
>The Legends
>-Time of the Twins
>-War of the Twins
>-Test of the Twins
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>Classics
>-The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
>-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
>-Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
>-Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
>-The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
>-The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
>-The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
>-Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
>-20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
>-A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
>-The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H.G. Wells
>-The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
>-The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
>-The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Have you ever read Moonfleet. I read it to my son and we really liked it . Like all the best stories it has a tragedy.