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Michael Crichton
Good point. I get to be the irresponsible uncle so something a bit scary and/or violent could work. Also, he's generally a bit geeky and I see that Penguin recommends Bill Brysons 'history of everything' for his age.
starfish&coffee-
Penguin recommends Bill Brysons 'history of everything' for his age.
At his age I was reading books for adults from my parents' bookshelves and getting in to trouble when I took them to school. Publishers are terrible for making age-related recommendations; once a child gets beyond basic reading comprehension skills, what's good reading for them is much more dependent on their personality than their age. Hell, some kids are never old enough for the Moomin stories.
It's very hard to make recommendations without knowing the kid. My folks just used to take me to the library and let me find things for myself.
itsbruce
I think I read Jurassic Park at 11, and various other Michael Crichton that was in the library. And some star wars books. Are they 'in to' anything that the book can tie into?