Book help for an 11 year old v serious reader...

[nevernotstruggling]

If dd1 loves Harry Potter, his dark materials, Anne of green gables, Nancy Drew, Jaqueline Wilson....what else will she like?

The Boy With The Bronze Axe

Anything by Berlie Doherty, especially Street Child and Children of Winter

The Rope School by Sam Llewelyn

Smith by Leon Garfield

Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen

Not a series, but my DS loved ‘The Murderer’s Ape’ by Jakob Wegelius last year when he was 11. I loved it too - it’s a brilliant book!

Rumer godden gosh I forgot those - another great suggestion

We read the dolls house together recently

Vashti Hardy (Brightstorm, Wildspark)

My 11yo is also rereading (for umpteenth time) the dragon series by Chris D'lacey (last dragon chronicles is it's proper name )

He loved The Indian In The Cupboard when younger, read them many times.

Ds1 is 11 (Year 7) & has started reading Sophie's World upon my recommendation. He loves it & is enjoying learning about different philosophers.

I also run a Year 5/6 Book Club & we read the Demon Headmaster together, which lots of children enjoyed. Also the usual David Walliams & Michael Morpurgo.

If your local library is open, do ask the librarians, we love to be asked

At 11 I read Catherine Cookson, Agatha Christie, Sherlock Holmes, Midwich Cuckoos. DS wasn't really interested in reading for pleasure so don't really know about anything more modern.

Mine is the same age and reading age and has just finished the first 8 books of the "keeper of the lost cities"

Oh and the nevermoor series

I had very similar.

In the end they moved onto "Young Adult" fiction which I tried to keep one book ahead just to check for language and themes that may need some explanation - so from His Dark Materials we quickly moved to:
The Murderers Ape
Nought and Crosses
The Fault in our Stars
The Hate U Give
One of Us is Lying
The Six of Crows (one of my favourites!)
Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children
The Mortal Instruments

My sons reading age was off the scale when he was 6 onwards but he never read anything other than football reports. His reading age did not reflect reading maturity. At 11 I had read lord of the rings and war and peace. I had read my sister’s a level English lit books. I just went to the library and took out books. She can do the same on line I’m sure. If her reading is so amazing then surely you don’t need to find things for her to read. To me it sounds like a stealth boast. I never had anyone directing me towards books. Neither did any of my book loving friends. It’s more fun to discover on your own. If she really loves reading then she will find her own preferences.

@confusedofengland Sophie's world is a great suggestion I read it at uni thank you

How about Enid Blyton? Or the babysitters club is a good series

My reading age was also off the scale by about 7 or 8, I read:

Narnia
Michelle Magorian
CS Lewis
The Silver Sword
101 Dalmatians & its sequel, I still have this one.
The James Herriot books (but you might decide they're a bit much - they definitely aren't children's books - quite a lot of fairly detailed medical stuff which I imagine some children might find disturbing).
Little House on the Prairie (all the books)
Babysitters Club
Enid Blyton
Anne of Green Gables
The Secret Garden
The Little Princess
I did read some of the classics but I often found them slightly more difficult going until after I'd seen a TV or film version.

More modern, how about the City of Ember trilogy.

My ten year old has just read Holes and I’ve ordered some more by the same author - Louis Sachar

She’s now reading the Guggenheim mystery and also enjoyed the London Eye mystery.
She’s interested in the 2nd World War so I’m on the lookout for fiction that might appeal on this topic. Another poster mentioned Michelle Magorian, I absolutely loved these when I was her age. Especially Back Home, which doesn’t seem to be as famous as Goodnight Mr Tom but is probably one of my favourite books ever.

Place marking ....

Is flowers in the attic abit heavy? It was the first serious book I read and I loved it!

I wouldn't really recommend handing a book about children being abused and committing invest to an 11yo

*incest

Oh wow @PhilODox I had forgotten about that. I read that aged 11 ish I think but I was pretty mature and read everything I could get my hands on that my parents had in the house.
Everything from classics and my dad’s law books to crap novels and Readers Digest!

I wouldn’t give my DD that book but I do remember it doing the rounds at my school around year 6-7.

Cogheart series, the last wild series - both fantasy with real heart. Most strong readers I teach have adored them.

Oh, and anything by Katherine rundell. The language is incredible and the books are riveting.

@mammmamia

She’s now reading the Guggenheim mystery and also enjoyed the London Eye mystery. She’s interested in the 2nd World War so I’m on the lookout for fiction that might appeal on this topic. Another poster mentioned Michelle Magorian, I absolutely loved these when I was her age. Especially Back Home, which doesn’t seem to be as famous as Goodnight Mr Tom but is probably one of my favourite books ever.

Emma carrol has letters from a lighthouse, which is gorgeous.

Michael morpugo has lots related to ww2 as well.

Some great recommendations especially:
Skulduggery Pleasant series
Murder most Unladylike

Also Judy Blume good for early adolescents

Agreed Flowers in the Attic is inappropriate!