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Books to get 9 year old girl back into reading

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albairlanda · 09/12/2020 08:52

My 9 year old daughter has lots and lots of books in her room. She's read most David Walliams, Roald Dahl, the treehouse series and some Jaqueline Wilson. She never really got into Enid Blyton like I did as a child and not sure Narnia would be her bag at all. I suggested diary or a wimpy kid but apparently only boys in her class read those. She used to be quite the book worm but now it's really a struggle to get her to not watch rubbish on tv (ICarly, victorious, Sam and Cat) or play Roblox. I'm wondering does anyone have any recs for some really good books for 9 year olds to capture her imagination and get her into reading again.

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ChessieFL · 09/12/2020 08:58

My DD has just turned 11 and over the last couple of years has enjoyed the following:

The Murder Most Unladylike series (Robin Stevens)
The Scarlet and Ivy series (Sophie Cleverly)
Sibeal Pounder - couple of different series about mermaids and witches
Clarice Bean books by Lauren Child
The Bolds series by Julian Clary
Daisy books by Kes Gray

GrumblyMumblyisnotJumbly · 09/12/2020 08:56

David Baddiel books
Christmas books at the moment - Father Christmas / Father Christmas goes on Holiday, Hetty Feather at Chrismas
Mallory Towers
Harry Potters (although depending on how much reading stamina she has you may need to read with her)
Spiderwick Chronicles

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