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More book recommendations needed please!

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Hiddeninplainsight · 22/01/2018 17:14

My DD is an avid reader, and I have run out of ideas for her. Her current favorites (the ones she reads and then re-reads) are:

Kate O'Hearn - Valkyrie series & Pegasus series
Rick Riordan (everything he has ever written)
Garth Nix
Diary of a wimpy kid

She loves Philip Pullman (Northern lights & Book of Dust - haven't allowed her to read Sally Lockheart)

She also has read Wonder and the sequal and really enjoyed them - this was a change from her normal book choices.

She has read and enjoyed:
Lots by Diana Wynne Jones
Harry Potter
Lloyd Alexander (Prydain series)
Narnia books
The Hobbit
Lord of the rings books 1& 2
Ali sparks shapeshifters
Artimus Fowl
Tiffany Aching series (Terry Pratchet)
Clive Barker Arabat series
Murder most unladylike (she enjoys these but doesn't love them)
Maz Evans (who let the gods out)

She didn't get into:
Susan Cooper
Alana series by Tamara Pierce
Earthsea
David Eddings Belgariad

(she read went through a boarding school phase before all of the above and read all the Enid Blyton books then).

Any recommendations for more of the the same we may not have considered (she is still in primary school, so nothing with sex or very adult themes - she has read relationship stuff - from HP and Rick Riordan, but it is all very innocent, and I think she is too young for the Hunger Games type thing) would be fantastic (I know I have asked before but I can't find the threads!!!). Wonder was a new book choice from her, and so I am wondering if there might be some other similar types of books she might enjoy.

Thanks!

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Chillywhippet · 17/02/2018 15:46

Michael Morpurgo’s Born to Run was a big hit. Spy Dog books were fun. Wolf Brother enjoyed too.

If she’s year 5 or 6 mine liked

Mary Hooper’s historical novels like At the Sign of the Sugared Plum and At the House of the Magician and Eliza Rose (but not the teenage books like Meg)

Cathy Cassidy - Girl Missing series but they get darker

DD has just reminded me she liked this Fun spy stories series with low key romance - Ally Carter Gallagher Girls, although looking at the covers on Amazon the pictures look a bit older Confused

But then she definitely read all the Hunger Games books in primary and took them in her stride but of course you know what would suit your DD

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jhb2013 · 15/02/2018 20:55

The terrible thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne is excellent. Very funny and a good message at the end.

Waddlelikeapenguin · 15/02/2018 20:11

Lady grace mysteries
First aid for faries etc Lari Donn
Rangers apprentice series
Jessica Day George - the retold fairy tale ones (others might be too fantasy despite being brilliant) Princess of the midnight ball, princess of the silver woods, princess of glass
Wrede - thirteenth child
Gilda joyce series
Birchbark house series to read alongside Little house on the prairie

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Hiddeninplainsight · 11/02/2018 23:12

Thanks all. Some she has read, and some she hasn't. I will throw some of them her way and see what she thinks!

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codswallopandbalderdash · 07/02/2018 11:30

don't know how old your daughter is but skulduggery pleasant series is good - although they get darker and darker as the series progress so may not be suitable ...

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BlueChampagne · 24/01/2018 12:43

DS1 is in Y6 and recommends:

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Lari Don's Fabled Beast Chronicles
Caroline Lawrence's Roman Mysteries

Rosemary Sutcliffe?

Leeds2 · 24/01/2018 12:30

The Djinn series (eg Fire Djinn, Sea Djinn) by Linda Davies. Very similar to Percy Jackson.
The Hobbit.

Nearlyadoctor · 23/01/2018 13:10

Scarlet and Ivy series by Sophie Cleverly have also been enjoyed recently.

BlueChampagne · 23/01/2018 13:04

Anne of Green Gables
Kevin Crossley-Holland's Arthur trilogy
Michael Morpurgo
Cynthia Harnett if she likes historical novels
Leon Garfield

Another vote for Joan Aiken

twoundertwox · 23/01/2018 13:00

Naughts and crosses trilogy by Malorie Blackman

Nearlyadoctor · 23/01/2018 12:54

Has she read The Warrior cats series by Erin Hunter? Dd 10 has devoured the first 2 series (12 books) since Christmas.
Also recently enjoyed Virjak Paw and the sequel by Sf Said.

UrbaneSprawl · 23/01/2018 10:38

Has she read Diana Wynn Jones’s “Archer’s Goon”. OOP at the moment I think, but available on eBay/Amazon without difficulty. It’s a stand-alone story, and quite brilliant.

Witchend · 22/01/2018 18:29

I can't see you saying how old she is, but ones mine enjoyed at about 10yo included:

Alex Rider
Little House
Cherub/Henderson Boys
Chalet School
Biggles
Gwendoline Courtney
Violet Needham
Lone Pine
Monica Edwards
Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew
Joan Aiken (Saddle the sea trilogy if she's read the Dido series)
Arthur Ransome
Anne Frank
Goodnight Mr Tom
Spoonful of Jam (and the first one I can't remember)
Cue for Treason
Olivia's first term (and others)
Jennings
The Daughter of Time
Narnia series
The Hobbit
Just William
3 Investigators
Stalky and Co ds is currently reading with me. He's fascinated by the language in it.

NowtSalamander · 22/01/2018 18:05

Oh yes, Ruby Redfort and anything by Katherine Rundell esp Wolf Wilder, which as far as I’m concerned is a modern classic - the only kids’ book I’ve said that about in many years. And I read loads of them.

undertheradarplease · 22/01/2018 18:00

My daughter (year 7) likes lots of different genres - if she likes it then she likes it, IYSWIM. Age appropriate books enjoyed by her in the past year include:

The Girl of Ink & Stars
The Wolf Wilder
Girl on a Plane
Where Monsters Lie
Cogheart

It might be worth pointing out that if she enjoyed Wonder, some of the other books on the list were also part of the Bookbuzz 2016 shortlist. Happy reading Smile

DoubleLottchen · 22/01/2018 17:52

My 10 year old has just discovered Kathrine Rundell and is hooked: DC has read The Wolf Wilder and The Explorer, but she has written a couple of others - The Explorer is the newest. I have just glanced through and read the first couple of chapters, but they look excellent to me.

Might she like Eva Ibbotson? Some are perhaps for younger readers (but still enjoyable); others like the Dragonfly Pool, Star of Kazan and Journey to the River Sea are perhaps more your DD's level.

onemouseplace · 22/01/2018 17:46

Ooh - yes, Carbonel!

onemouseplace · 22/01/2018 17:46

The Little White Horse?

duriandurian · 22/01/2018 17:44

We bought Ruby Redfort from a recommendation on here and loved it. I have also bought Charlie Bone but my DD hasn't read those yet.
Also what about more classic books: the secret garden, ballet shoes, Carbonel etc.?

NowtSalamander · 22/01/2018 17:39

She really loved Joan Aiken.

NowtSalamander · 22/01/2018 17:39

My DD enjoys most of the stuff yours does, and her additional loves recently have been the Sinclair's mysteries (set in a Selfridges type shop) and Michelle Paver Wolf Brother series. She’s also enjoyed her first couple of Agatha Christies.

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Hiddeninplainsight · 22/01/2018 17:34

She has read the Children of Green Knowe - I forgot about that one :)

I will try Joan Aiken!

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AliceLutherNeeMorgan · 22/01/2018 17:33

The Children of Green Knowe and The River at Green Knowe?

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