Need shortish and pacy books for for 9 year old DS

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Shinyandnew2022 · 04/02/2023 22:54

We are so struggling to get any real momentum with DS reading.
Our most successful series have been Famous Five and Dogman!

He enjoys non fiction more than fiction but surely there must be a way to get him reading 'stories' for pleasure ?

Currently reading Amari and the night brothers and finding it a real slog - too long and long winded - even I am bored of it .

HELP!

I have an older DD who is an avid reader and we have so many books but nothing seems to appeal .

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AnnieMay55 · 04/02/2023 23:54

Boys often prefer reading non fiction. There is nothing wrong in that. The main thing is that he is reading. Get him books about things he is interested in. Go to the local library and let him choose something he likes. Otherwise comic books are often more appealing to boys. I don't think you mentioned that he was particularly behind with his reading. A lot of people just don't do a lot of reading for pleasure. Does he see you and other adults reading at home?

HopRockers · 04/02/2023 23:29

if he likes DogMan he will like comic books-
Bunny vs Monkey
looshkin
Bad Guys

non fiction comic books (but wordier than the above)
Science Comics :polar bears/dinosaurs/sharks/solar system etc
Corpse Talk (history & very funny)

Excellent comic book - chapter book bridging books
13 storey treehouse
Danny Dragonbreath - Vernon

Chapter books-
Tree Goblins - Melling (very funny silly)

FWIW I have a 12 yr old who is reading at a much older level now who didn't read until 7 & then only comic books until he was over 10. He's read 10 (huge) chapter books since New Year - they get there in their own time 🙂

Buffysoldersister · 04/02/2023 23:13

Try Charlie changes into a chicken by Sam copeland - not particularly short but it's pacey and very funny

Brody77 · 04/02/2023 23:13

What about some of Enid Blyton’s other books like the secret seven, my dd9 loved famous five and is now listening(she’s dyslexic) to the adventure series Mystery of… missing cat etc etc, also loved the 13 story treehouse series which she is reading to herself. I fondly remember devouring the Adventure series by Willard Price around the same age.

neverendinglauaundry · 04/02/2023 23:12

13 storey tree house and beast quest were popular at that age

MusicWithRocksIn · 04/02/2023 23:11

Tom Gates were the books that really got my DS into reading.

BestZebbie · 04/02/2023 23:09

We have had success with the books published by Barrington Stoke (esp. the 4U2Read series, which can be picked up cheaply on Amazon/EBay slightly used).

Barrington Stoke are a specialist dyslexia publisher but you don't have to be dyslexic to read the books!
They aim to commission new stories by well-known children's authors which fit into 100 pages or less.
They know that a lot of their audience will have a lower reading age than their chronological age so on their website you can search books filtering on both at the same time (eg: books for a 9-12 yr old but with a reading age of 7), which gets past the "books for my age are too intimidating but thinner books are too babyish" problem.

leafinthewind · 04/02/2023 22:59

The Clumsies. Very funny. No long explanations, the stories just get going. Small pencil drawings.

elliejjtiny · 04/02/2023 22:56

My 11, 9 and 8 year olds love the treehouse series, the daisy and the trouble with series and some of the Jacqueline Wilson books for younger readers.

larkstar · 04/02/2023 22:55

Try the first Joey Pigza book.

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