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Your (children's) Recent reading recommendations for 9s-14s please? (boys or unisex not girly)

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roisin · 29/04/2007 16:02

I'm about to place an Amazon order, and am wondering if there are any recent big hits which have slipped under my radar?

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ThatBeetroot · 29/04/2007 16:16

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roisin · 29/04/2007 16:15

ROFL at RTK and Dickens!

That's an interesting list SueW: I know several of the authors, but the only one I've read is The Beast - which is great btw.

I love Marcus Sedgwick, but ds1 doesn't.

Lizs - watch Blue Peter on 3rd May. Caroline Lawrence is going to be on, and they will be announcing when the five 1-hr long TV adaptations are going to be on the BBC: next month I believe.

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RTKangaMummy · 29/04/2007 16:10

DS is into Dickens atm

Great Expectations is his present book on the go

But I doubt that will have slipped under your radar as you may have heard of it!!!

SueW · 29/04/2007 16:07

Have you looked at the Carnegie shortlist? I've read Road of Bones which I found a bit depressing tbh.

ThatBeetroot · 29/04/2007 16:05

noughts and crosses - all Malory Chapman
Benjamin Zacharia

LIZS · 29/04/2007 16:04

The Roman Mysteries are popular with ds( just 9) atm.