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Books for 9 yr old dd.. she thinks books her age are babyish !

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Louisa111 · 05/03/2023 19:18

Need some advice .. our 9 yr old dd is complaining that a lot of her books are just not interesting her anyone but I'm
Completely stuck about what books to get.
She usually reads
Diary of a wimpy kid,
Harry Potter
Fairy books,
David Walliams books etc

Just lately she says these are a bit babyish and wants books that are more real life but I feel she's too young for teenage books .. she is quite grown up for her age so any recommendations would be appreciated 😊

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butterwithtoast · 05/03/2023 20:13

Has she read Little Women? Maybe she'd enjoy some other classics, if she's a strong reader, Austen or Dickens?

museumum · 05/03/2023 20:11

My advanced reading 9 yr old likes Alex Ryder. Also the Adventurers series by Jemma Hatt and the train adventure books www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087Z2T9H4
this went down well too www.cranachanpublishing.co.uk/product/breaker/

Shrubb157 · 05/03/2023 20:06

What about The Babysitter’s Club?

Malkofish · 05/03/2023 20:05

Sounds similar to my 9yr old and she loves Lottie Brooks, Dork Diaries and Jacqueline Wilson.

MissDollyMix · 05/03/2023 20:05

Just asked my DD, she says, Lottie Brooks series, Murder most unladylike, a book called How to Be (she can’t remember the author!), Resist by Tom Palmer. Her school teacher has been great at recommending books for her so if a librarian is unwilling then teacher might be an alternative person to ask.

Mannymoomin · 05/03/2023 20:05

I highly recommend Septimus Heap by Angie Sage.
Very similar vibes to Harry Potter, Septimus is a wizard apprentice and it’s a 7 book series, great for adults too!

Happyelfjokeday · 05/03/2023 20:02

Mallory Towers?

Saschka · 05/03/2023 20:01

ZeldaB · 05/03/2023 19:58

Ask a librarian they absolutely love questions like this

Ha, the ones near us don’t! Though I suppose it is likely the people working in the library are library assistants not actual librarians.

Either way the people in our local library act like the children’s section is a cross they are forced to bear.

ZeldaB · 05/03/2023 19:58

Oh and Tamora Pierce’s Alanna series 👌

ZeldaB · 05/03/2023 19:58

Ask a librarian they absolutely love questions like this

LittleOwl153 · 05/03/2023 19:57

Christmasaurus, witches of once, both series and Alesha Dixon did a series too...
All on my dds bookcase till recently.

LittleOwl153 · 05/03/2023 19:52

I think it was about this age my dd got into My Story and My Royal Story series... historical based.

My DS9 is into horrible histories/ geographies. Chronicals of Narnia, Lemony Snickett.

PuttingDownRoots · 05/03/2023 19:48

Take her to a bookshop... Waterstones fir example divides the books into 5-8, 9-12 and then teenage. See what takes her fancy!

My 11yo tends to pick wildlife stories and school stories. Shes currentlyreading Harry Potter screenplays. My 10yo goes for mysteries and adventures. Recent favourite has been the Ministry of Unladylike Activity.

Hayliebells · 05/03/2023 19:48

Oh none of those are very “real life”, sorry!
For real life one’s age enjoyed:
Front Desk - Kelly Yang
The Primrose Railway - Jaqueline Wilson

GU24Mum · 05/03/2023 19:42

How about the Emma Carroll books?

Hayliebells · 05/03/2023 19:42

My daughter, who is 10 and a book worm, has enjoyed all these over the last year or so:
Maz Evans - Who let the Gods out? and sequels
The Hunger Games trilogy
Murder Most Un-Ladylike
Percy Jackson books
The Hobbit
His Dark Materials

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 05/03/2023 19:39

How about similar age range but a different genre, things like the Goosebumps series

anormalperson · 05/03/2023 19:34

My dd absolutely adores the Lottie Brooks series by Katie Kirby. They're contemporary and funny!

Chrispackhamspoodle · 05/03/2023 19:32

Both my girls really got into Percy Jackson at that age and as teens still love Greek mythogy because of it.Sort of real life...in as much as Harry Potter is

Barelycopingmum · 05/03/2023 19:31

My DD is now 12 but from around 9 to even now she loves anything by Rick Riodan who does the Percy Jackson series. Not real life but a suggestion none the less

Memom · 05/03/2023 19:28

The girl that rowed the ocean & The boy that biked the world

Finlaggan · 05/03/2023 19:28

Percy Jackson series or murder most ladylike series

Cowsontheloose · 05/03/2023 19:27

So my daughter is the same. She likes murder in midwinter ( not about a murder) and the onjali Rauf books are amazing

HowardKirksConscience · 05/03/2023 19:26

Louis Sachar - the series set in a school (forgotten the name of it) and then Holes, The Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom, etc etc. Brilliant books.

Labtastic · 05/03/2023 19:25

Lemony snicket?