Fall Read-Alouds for Middle School Boys

This fall our read-alouds are focused more on the boys and their interests (or things they will hopefully be interested in). While our girls were avid readers, our boys have more of a “meh” attitude when it comes to reading, so one of my goals in reading out loud with them daily is making it FUN and enjoyable. 

We have four books in our pile for our fall reading: 

• The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
• The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs 
• Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans
• By the Great Hornspoon by Sid Fleishman

We are currently reading The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt – and it is HILARIOUS. If you have middle schoolers (boys or girls), they will love this book told from the perspective of a 7th grade boy. And beyond that, you as the reader will love it too (I’ve laughed out loud and even teared up at a few points). 

The boys may have had to remind me IT’S NOT REAL, MOM! (For real.)

Anyway, here are a few thoughts on our choices for the fall read alouds. 

Read Aloud Tips

Maybe your family is having a hard time settling down for a read aloud time? If so, maybe one of these Six Read-Aloud Tips will help your family out {especially little ones}.

Books We’ve Previously Read Together

Here are a few other books that we’ve read together and blogged about. Click over to see our thoughts on them!

• Recent Audiobooks: A Year Down Yonder, Secrets at Sea, A Season of Gifts
• The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
• Raiders from the Sea by Lois Walfrid Johnson
• Sky Jumpers: Forbidden Flats by Peggy Eddleman
• The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P Figg  
• The Mysterious Benedict Society
• Darien’s Rise {Adventures in Odyssey Passages}
• The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
• Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
• The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
• Sky Jumpers by Peggy Eddleman
• 25 Books We Plan to Read Together This Year
• 30 Picture Books in 30 Days