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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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HarrietSmith · 22/01/2018 17:30

Joan Aiken's books - starting with The Wolves of Willougby Chase - might appeal.

Hiddeninplainsight · 22/01/2018 17:28

Just to add, she basically doesn't like fantasy that is almost 'too' fantasy. She isn't into things with Dragons and things (according to her - Inkheart has never appealed to her). I think she likes things that are 'real' but in an alternative reality (with some exceptions). Not sure if that makes sense. I was into ballet books as a child so she is totally off everything I know!?!!!

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Unihorn · 22/01/2018 17:24

Paul Stewart's Edge Chronicles?

Hiddeninplainsight · 22/01/2018 17:20

Ah, I love mumsnet! Without you she would never have discovered Garth Nix. So many replies so quickly! Thanks!

Onemouseplace I have tried to persuade her into the Uncommoners but for some reason she is resistant!?! Sometimes if I read her the first couple of chapters, she will hook in that way. I'll see if it works with the Uncommoners :)

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onemouseplace · 22/01/2018 17:17

The Uncommoners by Jennifer Bell? DD has just devoured these.

whooptifeckindo · 22/01/2018 17:16

Sorry, you already have Artemis Fowl. I'll put my thinking cap on again Blush

MikeUniformMike · 22/01/2018 17:16

I enjoyed Emil and the Detectives, Swallows and Amazons, and many others.
Didn't read Chalet Girls.

whooptifeckindo · 22/01/2018 17:15

Artemis Fowl?