Books to Read with a 10 Year Old (Year 5)....Lesser Known Ones

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That are fictional and may help expand vocabulary.

I would really appreciate your suggestions.

That's good to know.

Yep. Loved these back in 1970s !

A bit boys own… depends which ones?

k m Payton - flambards triology and others
joan Aiken generally not just wolves of willoughby chase series
A one off excellent read- the endless steppe- Esther Hautzig. Different take on ww2
laura ingalls wilder- little house in big woods/ prairie are a bit young for her now, but stories evolve and become more mature as they go through and Laura grows up. She’s at point of plum creek and long winter but may need to backtrack first to set scene.
CS Lewis- if she likes fantasy
Alan garner may still be a bit of a stretch - but if she’s advanced reading-start with owl service.

Can't say I've read Leon Garfield since I was that age, but I did enjoy it at the time.

Add The Phantom Tollbooth to the list.

Yhe house with chicken legs by Sophie Anderson

Skellig by David almond

The Snow Spider trilogy by Jenny Nimmo

for something more ‘classic’ E Nesbit - 5 children and it is accessible but personally I loved the Wouldbegoods, The Treasure Seekers, The Phoenix and the Carpet

Anything Diana Wynne Jones, Alan Garner

fond memories of The Wind Singer series but can’t really remember the story now.

Emma Carroll
Abi Elphinstone

both lovely authors

I’m reading Laura Ingalls Wilder to my year 5 child and it’s definitely mind broadening and educational. Lovely short chapters too! It’s simply written though, which suits me fine.

The rangers apprentice series

Elle McNicol books are good for that age.

Black Beauty
What Katy Did
Swallows and Amazons
The Silver Sword
Around the World in 80 Days
Little House on the Prairie
Anne of Green Gables
City of Ember
The Lemony Snicket books
The. Chronicles of Narnia books
The Harry Potter books

Thanks everybody. It's lovely to get so many suggestions

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry

Yes, another vote for Elle McNicol here, my daughters just getting into those.

Thanks again

Anything by Katharine Rundell
The Impossible Boy
The Marsh Road Mysteries series
Stig of the Dump
How To Train Your Dragon
The Percy Jackson series
The Tom Gates series

I have no suggestions as my LO is only 6 but we go to the library every month and pic new books to read. Could you do this? That way if they don't like the book you haven't wasted money on it. The library staff are usually quite good at making suggestions as well and you can have a quick read through the blurb to see if they will like it.

Adventures on Trains series

Thanks for the ideas.

Illpickthatup - We do go to the library, but the books that tend to get picked out are way too easy, or things like books on Minecraft or Where's Wally?. I don't want to take away the joy of visiting the library, so that's fine.

I just like to reserve a selection of books that I know will widen vocabulary and build on world knowledge, and genuinely be enjoyable.

The great thing is, there is no resistance to read what I pick out. The books I choose will happily be read aloud by ds at bedtime, and he'll enjoy them

I don't know why books aimed at younger kids always seem to get chosen by him. Maybe it's a comfort thing or something. I just like to push him out of his comfort zone.

Thanks again 😀

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