Books for Boys Jokester / Thrill Seeker / Party Animal Older Readers
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| Below are books recommended for Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal at the Older Readers reading level. |
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | A Week in the Woods |
| Author | Andrew Clements |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • adventure • being different • being yourself • belonging • change • character • If You Liked Tangerine • individuality • middle readers • older readers • outdoors • realistic fiction • school story • self-confidence • self-reliance • stereotypes • Survival • thoughtful • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
Eleven-year-old Mark is a rich kid who has just moved into a new house and, consequently, will attend a new school. But Mark has decided he doesn't need to get...
Books » Suspense / Thriller
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| Title | Acceleration |
| Author | Graham McNamee |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • danger • if you Liked Stuck in Neutral • intrigue • mature readers • mystery • older readers • reluctant reader • suspense • suspense thriller • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Our young friend has a job working in the Lost and Found department of a subway system. This is a fairly mundane job until the day he discovers a journal...
Books » Realistic Fiction
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| Title | After Ever After |
| Author | Jordan Sonnenblick |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | Middle Reader-Careful Content • boys • girls • boys/girls • a tissue box book • acceptance • accepting others • brothers • cancer • change • character • choices • coming of age • courage • diseases • family • finding yourself • first love • friends • friendship • growing up • middle readers • middle school • older readers • physical challenges • relationships • reluctant reader • risk • role-models • self-reliance • special needs • standing up for yourself • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Jeffrey Alper, eighth grader, is headed to the first day of a new school year when he stops to help a girl in the hallway who has dropped her papers....
Books » Fiction
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| Title | Airball My Life in Briefs |
| Author | L.D. Harkrader |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • basketball • fathers/sons • fiction • humor • If you Liked Diary of A Wimpy Kid • middle reader • reluctant reader • sports • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Kirby Nickel lives in a basketball town whose claim to fame is Brett McGrew, NBA superstar. Kansas University is about to retire McGrew's number and, as part of the ceremonies,...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians |
| Author | Brandon Sanderson |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action/adventure • adventure • coming of age • edgy • fiction • humor • library story • middle reader • older reader • relatives • reluctant reader • superpowers • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
Alcatraz Smedry has a gift - he breaks everything he touches. This gift has caused him to move from foster home to foster home. Now, as he approaches his 13th...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 1: Stormbreaker |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz (Alex Ryder series) |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • boys • danger • espionage • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • intrigue • middle reader • middle readers • older reader • older readers • reluctant reader • self-reliance • series • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Okay, if you haven't heard about these books and if you missed the movie somehow, don't wait any longer. The Alex Ryder series, as it is referred to, is really...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 2: Point Blank |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • danger • espionage • fiction • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • middle readers • older readers • school story • secret agents • self-reliance • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Fourteen-year-old Alex Ryder is going to be called into action in this the second book in the series. This time he'll be infiltrating a private school for wealthy,...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 3: Skeleton Key |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • courage • danger • espionage • fiction • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • intrigue • mature readers • middle readers • older readers • reluctant reader • self-reliance • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
James Bond has nothing on this young man. Alex Ryder is headed into his third action-packed adventure novel. Armed with wondrous gadgets, Alex is 'man' enough to tackle this latest...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 4: Eagle Strike |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • adventure • choices • courage • danger • espionage • fiction • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • intrigue • risk • self-reliance • series • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
The Alex Rider series continues with more fabulous action adventure. This series is so popular with even the most reluctant reader guys
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 5: Scorpia |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • espionage • fiction • If You Liked Alex Rider • self-reliance • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
The adventures of Alex Rider continue.
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 6: Ark Angel |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • courage • danger • espionage • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • intrigue • mature reader • mature readers • middle reader • middle readers • older reader • older readers • self-reliance • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
The Alex Rider series continues.
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Alex Rider, Book 7: Snakehead |
| Author | Anthony Horowitz |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • Australia • bravery • choices • courage • danger • espionage • fathers/sons • fiction • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • intrigue • mature reader • mature readers • middle reader • middle readers • older reader • older readers • reluctant reader • secret agents • self-reliance • spies • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Alex splashes down in his space capsule in the ocean off the coast of Australia and is taken to a base to recover. While there, the Australian Intelligence folks ask...
Books » Mystery
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| Title | All the Lovely Bad Ones |
| Author | Mary Downing Hahn |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Older Readers • Mature Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • ghosts • if you Liked Stuck in Neutral • macabre • mature readers • mystery • older readers • spooky • suspense • suspense thriller • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • If You Liked Wolf Rider |
Corey and Travis are going to spend the summer at their grandmother's inn in Vermont. The inn hasn't been getting many guests because it's rumored to have ghosts. Corey and...
Books » Historical Fiction
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| Title | Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker |
| Author | Cynthia deFelice |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • adventure • American history • apprenticeship • death • diseases • experiments • macabre • medicine • middle readers • older readers • orphans • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader • Answerman |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
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It's 1849 and Lucas Whitaker is an orphan. His whole family has died of consumption as have many, many people in his community. He becomes apprenticed to the apothecary,...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Artemis Fowl |
| Author | Eoin Colfer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • danger • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • magic • magical creatures • middle readers • older readers • overcoming obstacles • reluctant reader • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius-and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code |
| Author | Eoin Colfer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • danger • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • magic • magical creatures • middle readers • older readers • reluctant reader • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Artemis Fowl is going straight-as soon as he pulls off the most brilliant criminal feat of his career . . . but his plan goes awry, leaving his loyal bodyguard,...
Books » Graphic Novel
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| Title | Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel |
| Author | Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin |
| Illustrator | Giovanni Rigano |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • fantasy • magic • magical creatures • middle readers • older readers • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Twelve year old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl is about to make a fortune by stealing the gold away from the little people-the fairy folk that is. But he just might...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony |
| Author | Eoin Colfer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • danger • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • magic • magical creatures • middle readers • older readers • overcoming obstacles • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
It is up to Artemis and his old comrade, Captain Holly Short, to track down a missing demon and rescue him, before the time spell dissolves completely and the lost...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception |
| Author | Eoin Colfer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • danger • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • magic • magical creatures • middle readers • older readers • stealing • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
Criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl is back…and so is his cunning enemy from Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, Opal Koboi. At the start of the fourth adventure, Artemis has returned to...
Books » Action / Adventure
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| Title | Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox |
| Author | Eoin Colfer |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Fiction |
| Reading Level | Middle Readers • Older Readers |
| Keywords | boys • girls • boys/girls • action • action/adventure • adventure • danger • If You Liked Alex Rider • If You Liked Indiana Jones • middle readers • older readers • reluctant reader • risk • Jokester/Thrill Seeker/Party Animal • Belonger/Connector • Seeker/Leader |
| Reluctant Reader | Good for Reluctant Readers |
| Part of a Series | Part of a Series |
In this suspenseful and pivotal sixth book, Artemis must face off against his younger self.
Used by permission of Disney/Hyperion.
