Books for a 10 year old boy who doesn't like Harry Potter, Roald Dahl but does like Dr Who stories.

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nevergoogle · 13/09/2014 00:13

Birthday coming up and DS1 is showing an interest in books at last. Hurrah!

He likes action, mystery and history.

He doesn't like magic, or posh kids with wands.

What's good?

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nevergoogle · 13/09/2014 00:43

great, i haven't heard of a lot of these so thanks for those.

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smokeandglitter · 13/09/2014 00:39

Cherub and Alex rider are like James Bond for younger readers but not featuring James Bond, instead they have child spies as main characters and they're great!

smokeandglitter · 13/09/2014 00:37

The cherub series? Or Alex rider? I know ten year olds that have loved them but they might be a bit old in content - very action packed though.

Horowitz horrors, goodnight mr Tom, Artemis fowl, the dark is rising series, the tulip touch, the redwall series or umm... Oh that writer who wrote the Whitby witches series and the alchemists cat, robin Jarvis, I think!

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nevergoogle · 13/09/2014 00:37

have been browsing on amazon and come up with a charlie higson thriller, young james bond and another called the fastest boy in the world set in africa. i'll have a mooch into town this weekend and see if they have any of them.

any reviews of these from mumsnetters?

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TortoiseUpATreeAgain · 13/09/2014 00:15

The Mysterious Benedict Society, maybe? If he likes that then there are a couple of sequels.

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