What should every (9 year old) child have read?

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DS1 is nine tomorrow. He is being given a kindle by the pil as he is such a bookworm but I am running out of ideas of what he could read.
He's read the usual how to train, northern lights, Harry potter etc so I've been adding classics to it
So far I have
The story of the treasure seekers
Around the world in 80 days
Treasure Island
Swiss family Robinson
Five children and it
The secret garden
The railway children
Robinson Crusoe
Treasure Island

I've looked for various others such as the ogre downstairs and the phantom tollbooth and will look in the library instead.

Would welcome other ideas

The Twits

The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden.
Stuart Little
1066 and All That
MOLESWORTH

If he likes humourous fantasy I would recommend the Walter Moers' Zamonia series (starts with 13 and a half Lives of Captain Bluebear). They are officially adult books but are totally appropriate for children in that they are like a pastiche of all the fantasy books ever written, iyswim. I recommend them because they are very long (!) and my ds (11) has read them all three times and loves them. His other favourites are all the same as your ds.

To clarify, I am absolutely not an advocate of children reading teen books too early; usually the adult or teen books which are ok are 'genre' ones such as fantasy, sci-fi and some crime, plus of course some classics (wouldn't recommend Hardy to a nine year old though!). Moers was actually recommended to us by an eight year old in the bookshop!

Diana Wynne-jones
One dog man by Ahmad Kamal (my favourite at that age)

Has he read George's Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy Hawkings? Am reading it to DS at the moment and we are both enjoying it

Thank you thank you
so many ideas

Reminded I have a load of Diana Wynn-Joneses will hunt them out

Biggles! I have the whole collection bar one - brilliant boys own stuff.

I second Goodnight Mr Tom, Roald Dahl and the Green Knowe books. Loved those at his age.

If he liked HP, I'd really recommend the Dark Is Rising trilogy by Susan Cooper. Fantastic series of books. Still read them now.

Swallows & Amazons, not only for the stories but for the wonderful illustrations.

The Hobbit

My 9yo voracious reader is working his way through the complete Sherlock Holmes (hours of peace for the rest of us). Treasure Island and Kidnapped v successful, also, bizarrely, Moby Dick, which I can't face (yes, that is a stealth boast. I am v impressed.) Call of the Wild and White Fang. It's worth looking on the Gutenburg Project and NY Public Libraries, which have free Kindle versions of loads of slightly older stuff and avoid feeding Amazon's gaping maw.

Some great lists here, especially celeryandcarrots suggestions.
Joan Aiken? Wolves of Willoughby Chase books (though the first least interesting imo) Eva Ibbotson? Susan Price, The Dark is Rising sequence, Alan Garner. Terry Pratchett's kids books are thoughtful, funny and fab. Also a chap called Daniel Pinkwater not well known over here who is sort of an American Terry Pratchett.
Eoin Colfer and Derek Landy also good suggestions. Lots of classics free on kindle, Mark Twain, RL Stevenson, Jules Verne etc. Also worth checking on Amazon store for top bestselling kids books and signing up for daily deals because publishers often discount books to 99p for a short time e.g. one of the Skulduggery Pleasants is 99p today.

Not sure I want him reading biggles. I have quite a few (hundred or so) but I reread some a while back and they were incredibly ist. Racist, sexist you name it.

The Colet Court reading list may be helpful?

www.coletcourt.org.uk/resource.aspx?id=168383

www.coletcourt.org.uk/resource.aspx?id=168383

"Your question is addictive." - Spendthrift

So are your answers, Spendthrift...some marvellous forgotten yarns there - thanks!

Oh yes - Dark is Rising times a million, Susan Cooper is amazing - Alan Garner - Ursula Le Guin, how exciting! My DS slow reader as bilingual and am dying for her to really get going...
don't know if anyone's said Rosemary Sutcliffe? Eagle of the Ninth.

My son has enjoyed:

The Iron Man
The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe
All the Astrosaurs books
Diary of A Wimpy Kid
Cows In Action series
Beast Quest Series

Many of these are best borrowed from the library, otherwise you could end up spending a fortune!

My 9 YO enjoys Just William, and I think they are free or very cheap for kindle.
She is currently reading Anne Franks diary, which she got from the school library.

Otherwise, we have read and enjoyed:-
Tom's Midnight Garden
The Secret Garden
The Hobbit
The lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

or, for a lighter read,

Mr Gum
Everything by David Walliams

Some great suggestions here- Eva Ibbotson and Michael Morpurgo especially
I'd add Hilary McKay- the Casson family series: my entire family loves these- we've all read them, from aged 7ish to 17 and even the parents... amazingly good books for any child/ teenager/ adult- great humour and style.

also James Patterson- the Maximum Ride series, Joan Aiken (these get weirder the further along in the series but the first- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase- is great to start!), Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve...

Some great suggestions here- Eva Ibbotson and Michael Morpurgo especially
I'd add Hilary McKay- the Casson family series: my entire family loves these- we've all read them, from aged 7ish to 17 and even the parents... amazingly good books for any child/ teenager/ adult- great humour and style.

also James Patterson- the Maximum Ride series, Joan Aiken (these get weirder the further along in the series but the first- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase- is great to start!), Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve...

Loads of suggestions here! DS is 9 but I am trying to work out what hasn't already been mentioned...

If you have Five Children and It, you need The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet too. DS loved those.

He also loved The Roman Mysteries and is racing through the Skulduggery series at the moment. We also have a couple of the Willard Price ones to see how those go.