What next for DS1 (aged 8) and I to read at bedtime togther??

[severnofnine]

so... Ive been browsing on amazon and I'm out of ideas. As much as I would enjoy it I dont think DS aged 8 will much fancy jane eyre or a bit of Hardy, but I cant face horrid henry again! what will we both enjoy?

Over the past 12 months we 've read:
Treasure Island (DS LOVED this I thought it was good too)
Kidnapped (not loved so much)
the hobbit ( we both enjoyed but my enthusiasm was waning towards the end)
Lord of the Rings ( both hated and gave up halfway through first book)
Moonfleet ( DS likes I'm not so keen)
Harry potter of various sorts
and lots of roald dahl - which I enjoyed especially james and the giant peach but we had to abandon the witches due to bad dreams.

I can remember a series of historical novels for children ( one set on channel islands in WW2?) from when I was young which were good but think I was a bit older than 8 when i read them. any ideas?

What about The Phantom Tolbooth? Or Emil and The Detectives?

Was also going to suggest Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.

Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes.

There's a cliffhanger at virtually the end of every chapter which will leave your child begging for 'just one more chapter'!

I second that, Beanbagz - it's great fun for adults who remember Enid Blyton, too. The Ali Sparkes Shapeshifter series is also brilliant.

ooo rats of nimh! - I had completely forgotten about those books. I'll show DS this thread tomorrow to pick some out on amazon.
thank you all so much :)

We read Lissa Evans's Small Change for Stuart and absolutely lvoed it - mystery adventure
Eva Ibbotson - One Dog and His Boy (hard to stick to one chapter a night)
Wolves of Willoughby Chase - classic by Joan Aiken definitely stood the test of time