Books for 9yr old ds

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I'm after book recommendations for ds1.

He has loads of books, if we go to a book shop he will pick a harry potter or similar, but they're just too big/long to hold his attention. He will then pick up Dog man . I feel like he needs something in between
I'd like to find him some shorter length books that are not too "young" for him.

He reads very well, and is very bright. Work at greater depth in maths and English.

Any suggestions please.

Have you posted on the Children's Books section?
Has he read How to Train your Dragon? Horrible Histories?
Swallows and Amazons has bedtime-friendly chapter lengths, if you think he might go for it.

Try your local library?

If he's into football I recommend Football academy, boys united series by Tom Palmer. My ds absolutely loved them at that age

I didn't realise there was a children's books section. He's not into football.

We do go to the library, but he chooses books he doesn't read.

I'll check out these suggestions, thanks.

My dd liked the Podkin one-ear series, might work for your ds if he likes a bit of swashbuckling fantasy.

My DD (nearly 8) is loving the diary of a wimpy kid books. She's younger than your son but I think they do also suit older children

My 9 year old likes dog man etc and I've been trying to get him to read other books that need more of an attention span as he's more than capable. He's enjoyed the worst class in the world, the creakers - in fact any by Tom Fletcher, the Christmas pig. I think he'd like just William if he tried them. He also has Noah's gold by frank Cottrell Boyce which he's enjoying too

How about graphic novels, such as the Amulet series?

@UnalliterativeGeorge he's read all the "worlds worst" series, and quite a few David Walliams and also Tom Gates. I might see if there are any new ones he hasn't read. They "better" than dog man. He reads the whole book in bed. Obviously I don't mind him reading them but I do feel he ought to he reading others alongside.

@BlueChampagne again I feel like these wouldn't take 2 minutes to read, he could do with some chapter books that aren't too long, or too easy.

My son is 7 but a huge reader , he loves Tom fletcher . Tom gates . Pamela butchart, he will read a bit of dogman . Diary of a wimpy kid , we go the library a lot and he often just picks a few he likes the sound of

Breakfast club adventures, Danny Wallace books, Larry hayes books, my evil twin is a superhero series, Jo Simmons books, worst week ever series, hamish and the never people, the accidental prime minister series, the dimond brothers series, shadow jumper

The 13 Storey Treehouse series, Percy Jackson (and all it's spin-off series'), Katherine Rundell writes interesting stand alone books.

Ted Hughes "Iron Man"
Susan Cooper "Over Sea, Under Stone"
Caroline Lawrence Roman Mysteries series
The Hobbit
Phillipa Pearce "Tom's Midnight Garden"

Series of Unfortunate Events series.
Malorie Blackman's Hacker.
Paddington books might be seen as attractive at the moment!
Mr Gum series.
How To Train Your Dragon series.