Thanks for the suggestion!

April Morning by Howard Fast – a Revolutionary War story that I first read in 8 th grade myself and remembered loving it so I bought a copy of it for my oldest son (13) to read. He loved it, too.
o The Cay by Theodore Taylor – read this one when my middle son was assigned this as a 5 th grader; I read it, too, so I could quiz him on it. I couldn’t put it down. About a boy back in WWII who is stranded on an island, and the only person around is an elderly black man, whom the boy is hesitant to befriend. Soon, he realizes that color doesn’t matter, and they come to trust each other. Some passages are eloquently written.
o My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier – my 13-year-old read this one and liked it. About a boy in the Revolutionary War who goes against his Tory family and joins the Rebels.
o Soldier’s Heart – 15-year-old boy goes to fight in the Civil War and is changed forever
o Fudge, Superfudge, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Bloom (for younger boys of course)
o The Outsiders (“Nothing gold can stay” famous line of dialogue) That Was Then, This is Now, both by S.E. Hinton
o Manic Magee by Jerry Spinelli – (for younger boys)
o Crash by Jerry Spinelli
I used to have this site — http://www.guysread.com — listed as a resource on my old website momsofboys.org that I started in 2005 but have discontinued as I now have other websites. I went to the guysread.com website, and see that it, too, has been archived, but the information is all there. I used it as a resource when my sons (now 29, 26, and 20) were young.

Thanks for the suggestions! We will definitely look these up.