I'll vouch for that. My 8 and 6 boys enjoyed having _Boundary_ read to them as a bedtime story, especially as it combines paleontology and space travel.
Next they asked for an SF story with a dragon, so we're reading Timothy Zahn's Dragonback series (all titled Dragon And $Noun).
Stephen Gould's _Jumper_ and _Wildside_.
John Barnes' _Orbital Resonance_.
The Vlad Taltos books by Steven Brust.
Holly Black's Curseworkers books -- White Cat?, Red Glove
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Next they asked for an SF story with a dragon, so we're reading Timothy Zahn's Dragonback series (all titled Dragon And $Noun).
Stephen Gould's _Jumper_ and _Wildside_.
John Barnes' _Orbital Resonance_.
The Vlad Taltos books by Steven Brust.
Holly Black's Curseworkers books -- White Cat?, Red Glove
John Hemry's JAG in Space books.