I really mean it that it is not a fantasy or scifi book, want something that is very close to a real world experience, such as Robinson Crusoe’s story or something like the Andrew W. K. show Destroy Build Destroy.
I don’t want any suggestion starting with “It is a scifi, but…” or “It has magic, but…”. Please don’t post those, I’m not even gonna read these suggestions, I hate it when I point out something that I don’t want and somebody still posts those kinda answers. I want something very realistic, or at least physically possible in our world that would inspire kids to go out and play or study engineering (you can start arguing that scifi or fantasy could also serve that role, but right now, I don’t care, I only want non-scifi or fantasy suggestions). Thanks in advance!
by Mr_Sload
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He might like My Side of the Mountain by Jean George. The hero decides to live in the woods and makes everything he needs to survive.
The Great Brain books are about a boy in the late 19th century in Utah. He builds his own raft and roller coaster, helps an amputee friend learn to do things with one leg, saves some friends who are lost in a cave, etc.
The mad scientist club series maybe? I’m not sure how many of the roar, it may only be two or three.
Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen — About a young man that goes down in a plane and has to survive by himself in the Yukon (if I remember correctly).
Ralph Moody’s series Little Britches (first one is Father and I were Ranchers) are autobiographical books about a boy growing up and figuring out life on a ranch. The boy is 6 or 7 when the books start, but my teenage boys all like the story. I read it to them as bedtime stories for a while.
Little House (in the Prairie) series. There is a girl main character, but my boy also enjoyed that one.
If I think of more, I’ll put them on here.