Category: News & Reviews
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100 Books Every Boy Should Read
Boys’ Life has provided 100 years of great reading. Here are 100 books that every guy should read.
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Participate In This Cool Summer Reading Challenge
One of the best things about summer is that there’s more time for reading cool books. Without the stress of school and homework, you can finally focus on catching up on some of those books you’ve been meaning to get to all year. Now, summertime reading is even more fun. Scholastic has recently launched a…
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Try These Five Books During ‘Get Caught Reading’ Month
May is Get Caught Reading Month. Here are a few cool books to get you started.
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Vote For Your Favorite Book Series in BL’s Book Bracket
We have a winner! Was it Harry Potter or Percy Jackson? Click through to find out.
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Watch the Latest Trailer for ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’
The Wizarding World is coming to America! That’s right, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Nov. 18) will bring magic to the United States in an epic story of witches, wizards and even some Harry Potter backstory. Here’s what you can expect: Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of…
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Roald Dahl Classic ‘The BFG’ Is Heading To the Big Screen
Roald Dahl’s classic novel The BFG has been delighting young readers for decades, but there has never been a big-screen adaption of the fantasy book. Now there is! Steven Spielberg is directing the movie, and from the footage I’ve seen, it looks terrific. The BFG tells the imaginative story of a young girl and the…
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2015 Boys’ Life Reading Contest Winners
Read the winning essays from the 2014 Boys’ Life reading contest.
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The First Trailer For ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ Is Here!
In 2011, a fantastically bizarre and spooky book called Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was released. It was the tale of a boy who, after a horrific family tragedy, follows clues that take him to an abandoned orphanage on a Welsh island. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend it to any…
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This Historic Piece of Harry Potter Memorabilia Is Going Up For Auction
Ever wondered what it was like to write the Harry Potter books? Well, if you have $100,000 sitting around you can find out. The chair that JK Rowling sat in while writing the first two installments of the legendary series (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret) will…
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Read an Exciting Excerpt From Peter Brown’s ‘The Wild Robot’
One of the most anticipated novels of the year is The Wild Robot, the adventurous tale of a lonely robot called Roz who mysteriously awakes on a wild island. The only way Roz can live is by learning about her new environment from the island’s hostile animal inhabitants. But when she finds herself taking care…