Book recommendation for a junior high student

[flybd5]

My 15 year old musician son has developed a keen interest in the
circuitry behind analog and digital synthetizers, and wants to build
his first component for a custom synth, a VCO board. We have the PCB,
I'm gathering the components, and have given him an intro to
electricity and electronics, what the components are and what they do,
but I need a good book that, at a junior high school level, explains
all the concepts, and does so within the context of a fun read (dry
conceptual material won't get to first base with a 15 year old).

Suggestions?

 

[mc]

The Art of Electronics, by Horowitz and Hill, if it's not too hard.

Practical Electronics for Inventors.

The ARRL Handbook if enough of the content is relevant.

 

[me]

Library.

 

[Mike_in_SD]

Go to Rat Shack and see if they still carry the starter books
by Forest Mimms ..

They rock for the newbie

 

[Juan Jimenez]

Thank you!

 

[Juan Jimenez]

The school library has very few vocational books.

 

[Juan Jimenez]

You're kidding, right? Those bums don't even carry a decent selection of
resistors, let alone books.. plenty of cellular phones and cheap chinese
toys, though.

 

[Mike_in_SD]

Glad you have an open mind .. grin

I had two year of electronics in high school
I worded as an electronics tech in the Air Force

I finally read one of Forest Mimms books (from ratshack) and it answered
more questions than all my other years of study

I have personally bought his books for many kids that showed an
interest and was rewarded everytime.

good luck anyways ..

 

[flybd5]

It turns out Radio Shack stopped publishing Forrest Mims' books a long
time ago. They are now published by Master Publishing, Inc. I found the
books on Amazon and they have very high reviews. This is what I will
get for the kid. Thanks!

Juan