What comes after 'Famous Five' for adventure loving 9yr old DS

[splodge2001]

I'm hoping to capitalise on DS' devotion to the Famous Five by introducing an equally appreciated range of books to him.


He loves adventure, has done Harry Potter, his Dark Materials too complex. He loved Dr Doolittle - was thinking of some classics.

Any ideas??

[pinkhebe]

Percy Jackson, redwall series, and the spooks series are ds's current faves, as well as the Terry Pratchett range of 'wee free men' etc

[sethstarkaddersmum]

Swallows and Amazons

[Lotkinsgonecurly]

How about Just William? I used to love those books when I was younger.

[headzookeeper]

I agree with the redwall series. I loved them as a child and still have about 15 of them now. my copy of Redwall is torn and tattered from the amount of reads it has had in the last 20 years but one of my favourite ever books, full of adventure

[pinkhebe]

headzookeeper he's still writing about 1 a year :) We have the just william series but they've been unread, bit like the Roman Mysteries which might also be a good choice.

[splodge2001]

Sounds good - keep 'em coming

[GrimmaTheNome]

pinkhebe, I do hope your 'etc' includes the Truckers trilogy?

[pinkhebe]

ds is 10 and he really likes the 'cherub' series BUT they might be a bit old for him

[pinkhebe]

gimmathenome no he's not read those, just the discworld ones for young adults (although I know alot of old adults who enjpyed them! :)

[Notevenamouse]

Frozen in Time
The Penderwicks

[Notevenamouse]

Young Sherlock Holmes may be better than the Penderwicks I think they might all be girls can't remember.

[onimolap]

Alfred Hitchcock wrote some children's mystery books eg The Whispering Mummy (probably out of print).

The Moonstone? The Woman in White? King Solomon's Mines?

[Takver]

The Lionboy trilogy by Zizou Corder are cracking adventures.

[splodge2001]

Thanks guys - just bought Just William set on Ebay for 99P!

[Whippet]

Anthony Horowitz Diamond Brothers series are good for younger readers.... then he'll want to get onto Alex Rider.....

And Power of Five



DS (10) lives, breathes and sleeps Horowitz...

But given that his English teacher said he was 'gifted' at English and had a reading age of over 16 I'm not complaining

[TheHouseofMirth]

The Phantom Tollbooth?

[Kestryn]

Swallows & Amazons? And pretty much anything by Chris Riddell / Paul Stewart.

[Goingspare]

I second Percy Jackson, Terry Pratchett, Athony Horowitz, Stewart/Riddell. Also Artemis Fowl (Eoin Colfer).

[TheHouseofMirth]

The Phantom Tollbooth?

[ImASlatternGetMeOutOfHere]

The Young James Bond series by Charlie Higson.

[bruffin]

The old Willard Price Adventure books have been published again ie Amazon Adventure, Jungle Adventure etc I loved them when I was younger.

[lisaannne]

Does he like Doctor Who? There are hundreds of those books.