I came on to suggest the Robert Heinlein books as well, like "Have Space Suit, will Travel". Thing is, those books are pretty dated by now, not sure how a kid will react to that sort of thing.
As for the books on some of these lists, there are some really good ones on them. John Christopher (the Tripods, and Beyond the Burning Lands) were ones that I have good memories of that might be ignored nowadays. Susan Cooper, while not Sci-Fi, was awesome as a kid, especially Over Sea, Under Stone.
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