Books for Boys 2022 – 2023
October – 6th Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
It’s about a 12-year-oldMinnesota boy who in the course of a summer earns half a million dollars without really doing a whole lot.
November – 3rd Frindle by Andrew Clements
The story of Nick Allen and his desire to show his teacher Mrs. Granger that words can come from anywhere. Even though Nick is known to be the funny guy, especially by turning the thermostat up in his classroom, this is one thing he is serious about and he is determined to make a pen into a ‘frindle.
January – 5th The Year Money Grew on Trees by Aaron Hawkins
With frostbitten fingers, sleepless nights and sore muscles, 14-year-old Jackson Jones and his posse of cousins discover the lost art of winging it when they take over an orchard of 300 wild apple trees.
February – 2nd My Side of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George
It features a boy who learns courage, independence, and the need for companionship while attempting to live in the Catskill Mountains of New York State.
March – 9th Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
Mouse is itching to run away from his overprotective family! But once he escapes to a summer campground nearby, the horrors of the wild make him doubt his plan. Angry cats, scary watchdogs, and grouchy gophers are only the half of it… But then he befriends
April – 6th White Indian Boy by Elijah Nicholas Wilson
This is the true story of a pioneer boy who crossed the Great Plains by ox-team with his parents to a settlement in the Great Salt Lake basin. Unhappy with his circumstances, 11-year-old Nick Wilson ran away from home with an Indian who had befriended him.