What are his interests..and how old is he?
Depends - what does he like to read??
The book of 'Proverbs' as found in the Bible!
He is 15 and I am trying to expand his interest. He is only interested in the computer. I signed him up to work at our local library. They put him to work in the computer lab. He laughed all the way home his first day. He is holding an A in English and he wants to be a writer/ computer programmer.
Practical applications of the hp-15C.
Have the teenager a date too,......great movie date!
uhhh, mom, the computer is just loaded with words.
Seriously, try the Potter books if he is in the low teens. My nephew liked to read The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan in his late teens (and still does)
Post 4 beat me to it. Proverbs are a MUST. When I was his age, I had to do a Proverbs study on rebelliousness that I've never forgotten, thank God.
Had to hand-write every verse on the subject and then discuss them with DAD.
The Last Jihad and The Ezekiel Option by Joel Rosenberg are excellent political thrillers based on Bible prophecy. No swear words. No sex scenes. Just great suspense.
My suggestion is to not restrict him to what you consider to be classic books. There are many fine books out there that are not "classics", but are still entertaining and fun to read. Find books that will fit his interests. Better yet, take him on a trip to a bookstore. Not one, but several. Used books bookstores as well as new books bookstores. Let him pick out, within reason, which books he would want to read over the summer.
Issac Asimov. Start him with the Multivac stories and Robot series. These will pique his interet since he is a computer lover. With over 450 published stories in every major category of the Dewey Decimal Systen he can read Asimov from A-Z!!
Atlas Shrugged.
Soft Pretzels With Mustard by David Brenner
It's out of print, but you can buy used copies very cheaply online.
Martin Chuzzlewit - Not so popular Dickens but in addition to being an excellent and humorous look at human nature, an insightful criticism of 19th century American consumerism & shucksterism for which Dickens later wrote an eloquent apology.
Pillars of the Earth - dare you to say it's not a favorite after reading
The Stand - my favorite Stephen King
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee - probably the best opportunity for establishing an interest in American Indians and history of the West.
Let's see. I'm not a big fan of classics as in Dickens, Bronte, Austin, etc. I tend to prefer non-fiction actually. Jon Krakauer (sp?) books are good. Depends on what kind of reading you want him to get. If you want him to read classics give him Pride and Prejudice (ick), Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, etc.
What about science fiction? Roger Zelazny was my favorite writer when I was that age; many of his later books (from the early 90's :-) involve computers. Try your library!
Lord of the Flies
Call of the Wild
Huckleberry Finn
Incredible Victory-Walter Lord
The Big E - Edwin P. Stamford
The Jungle Book
The Heinlein Juvenilles:
Time for the Stars
The Rolling Stones
Have Space Suit -- Will Travel
Citizen of the Galaxy
The Star Beast
Starman Jones
and a bunch more.