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Best Books to Get for an Avid Advanced Reader 10 yr old Girl -

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rockinhippy · 09/01/2013 23:15

I can't keep up with her, she can almost get through a book a day & I'm rapidly running out of ideas. I'm also finding its getting more awkward as her tastes & ability seem to be more teenage than 10, so as shes still quite young, I obviously need to take care with content too, hence why I'm asking for any recommendations here:) - I don't mind horror etc, she understands it as make believe & is very sensible & not easily spooked, but nothing sexually explicit, or too much about drugs etc, odd swearing okay, as again she's sensible & probably hears worse in the street.

She's just finished Shift (Em Bailey) which she really loved, said its the best book she's read yet, so anything of that ilk would be great - I can't find any other Em Bailey books - are there more ?

She's now reading, but almost finished Eve & Adam ( Michael Grant/Katherine Applegate) again really enjoyed that & prior to these devoured the whole Karen Mc Combie, Alison world & others, enjoyed, but got a bit bored so wanted more challenging.

She's desperate to get her hands on mÅ· old James Herbert books, I'm tempted as some I think she would love, but I just wish I could remember which if any don't have sex scenes - anyone ?

Or any other recommendations at all, she seems keen on anything with a bit of a twist, horror, thrillers & was reading a lot of teen school drama type stuff, but I think she'd want that to be a bit more of a twist to it now, if that makes sense

Any advice gratefully received

TIA :)

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MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 10/01/2013 00:29

Would be a good idea too, even.

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 10/01/2013 00:29

Oh, Judith Kerr ' when Hitler sold pink rabbit, is an amazing series and getting hold of a copy of 'the silver sword', set in wartorn Poland is good too.

WhatWouldCaitlinDo · 10/01/2013 00:25

How about the "across the barricades" series? It's set in Belfast during the Troubles and is about two teenagers, one Catholic and one Protestant, who fall in love. Not quite vampire and human, but if she likes the forbidden love with a twist thing she might enjoy it.

SorrelForbes · 10/01/2013 00:18

Sorry, 'Beverly Nichols

SorrelForbes · 10/01/2013 00:18

What about:
Charlotte Sometimes
The Whispering Knights
The Silver Crown
The Mountain of Magic trilogy by Beverly Nih

rockinhippy · 10/01/2013 00:10

Ooo, great, thanks Harriet, adding those titles to,mÅ· library list :)

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rockinhippy · 10/01/2013 00:08

The Chaos walking sounds very interesting Maggie, - thank you - she loves a challenge, so if its difficult subject that might well grab her attention more & might slow her down a bit too, which would be good for me - Grin so I will definitely look into that. She wasn't interested in Shadow Rising, though I thought they looked good, but might try again with that & no she's not read any Alan Garner, or the other one, so that's brilliant, will look into those too.

She has read Narnia, probably a couple of years ago, she's also at that preteen too,cool stage so it's difficult to get her interested in anything that's now a film that's aimed at a young audience - if that makes sense, she can bloody awkward to please, she seems to need it to at least think she's reading adult books :-/ but lots to go on there -thank you :)

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HarrietSchulenberg · 09/01/2013 23:51

Oh, definitely Alan Garner - Weirdstone of Brisingamen is a good one.

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 09/01/2013 23:41

Oh oh madeline engel a wrinkle in time, is a great series. As is the shadow rising, another series and has she read any Alan garner?

MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 09/01/2013 23:39

Well, the is the chaos walking series which is amazing but it's very hard subject matter in places, I'm not sure how well a ten year old would deal with it.
Perhaps have a look yourself and see what you think.
I take it she's done the narnia series?

rockinhippy · 09/01/2013 23:39

Ooo, thanks Harriet, I will look into those :)

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HarrietSchulenberg · 09/01/2013 23:28

The Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines quartet is keeping my 10 and 12 year old dses busy.

rockinhippy · 09/01/2013 23:24

Thank you Maggie, unfortunately she did love them, she read them awhile back, I should have said, she's either read, or wasn't interested in all the obvious ones, Harry Potter, Lord of the rings, Twig light, - she really does seem to want more adult, or at least teen books, but there lies the problem, as in I need to make sure content is okay for her

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MaggieMaggieMaggieMcGill · 09/01/2013 23:19

Try her on the dark materials series by Philip Pullman, I imagine that she would love them.

rockinhippy · 09/01/2013 23:17

iPad fail Blush excuse typos - hopefully it still makes sense

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