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▲ jszymborski 5 hours ago

Maybe The Gold-Bug by Edgar Allen Poe? Although the language might be a bit baroque.

▲buredoranna 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I very much remember this, from when I was ten or so.

In the same vein, is the "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Dancing_M...

▲lazystar 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

this, but for a 10 year old consider getting the Great Illustrated Classics abridged version. i read it when i was 10, and it kinda blew my mind.

▲mike_richards 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Thanks. We just finished Gulliver's Travels with him, so I bet he can handle it.