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Reading suggestions for my (nearly!) 10yo book-loving dd

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Kampeki · 14/05/2015 22:48

DD is a voracious reader, and I'm starting to run out of ideas as to what she can read. She is currently on the fifth book of the Percy Jackson series, but has nothing much lined up after that. She keeps asking me for ideas, but I'm at a loss. Any age-appropriate suggestions would be welcome!!

Her all-time favourite book is Heidi - she has read it umpteen times! Other books/series that she has enjoyed are as follows:

Percy Jackson series
Pseudonymous Bosch series (?something to do with a secret)
Alex Rider series
Narnia
Harry Potter
Lemony Snickett books
Ballet Shoes/white boots/other Noël streatfield books
A Little Princess/The Secret Garden
Pollyanna
The Anne of Green Gables series
Little house on the prairie series
Little women
David walliams books
Enid Blyton stuff (not recently)
Pippi Longstocking/bullerby children
Various Eva Ibbotson stuff
Holes (Louis sachar)
When Hitler stole pink rabbit
The other side of truth (?)
The phantom tollbooth
...and probably loads more that I can't think of.

Books/writers that she hasn't particularly enjoyed for some reason:

Anything by Jacqueline Wilson
Some Michael Morpurgo (she liked Private Peaceful but not others -don't think she has read that many though Confused
Black Beauty
Mister Monday

I'm running out of ideas. I think she is probably too young for stuff like the Hunger Games or the Divergent Trilogy, but haven't read them, so don't really know. Racking my brains to think back to what I liked as a kid, but she seems to have read most of my old favourites.

Any thoughts?

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GlowWine · 14/05/2015 22:59

My DD sounds just like yours! Have you tried:
Momo
The neverending story
Both by Michael Ende

And Ruby Redfort series by Lauren Child

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Kampeki · 14/05/2015 23:08

Brilliant - thank you for the suggestions, don't think she has read any of those. :)

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MediumEnglisch · 14/05/2015 23:14

A Girl Called Problem
Monster Garden
Skellig

JoanCallamezzo · 14/05/2015 23:17

My DD is the same age and has recently loved:

Wonder by RJ Palacio
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens
Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell
The Demon Headmaster

and is currently enjoying Dear Scarlett by Fleur Hitchcock.

agoodbook · 14/05/2015 23:17

A bit old, but when my daughter was that age she loved the Scrambled Legs books by Jahnna N. Malcolm
also
Goodnight Mr Tom Michelle Magorian
And Terry Pratchett has done some good childrens books -Truckers/Diggers
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

TobikkoRoll · 14/05/2015 23:26

How about:

the Roman Mystery series by Caroline Lawrence
Wolf Brother etc. by Michelle Paver
Oksa Pollack by Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf
Eragon series by Christopher Paolini

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Kampeki · 15/05/2015 02:01

Wow, lots of good suggestions here, including many that I've never heard of! :)

She has read Wonder, joan, and thoroughly enjoyed it - in fact, she suggested that I should read it too, but haven't got round to it yet!

She has also read the Roman mystery series and the Artemis Fowl, which she really enjoyed. And I don't know how I could have forgotten the Terry Pratchett books, as she was besotted with the little gnome things for a while!

As several of you have suggested things that she has read and enjoyed, I'm optimistic that your other suggestions will go down well! :)

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Kampeki · 15/05/2015 02:01

And I forgot to say the most important thing of all - thank you! :)

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turdfairynomore · 15/05/2015 02:43

The Borrowers by Mary Norton. The Mary Poppins books by P L Travers and Doctor Doolittle series by Hugh Lofting.

Ninnypie · 15/05/2015 03:05

I read the Jalna series at fhat age. There are about 20 (if my memory doesn't fail me!) books.

Elllimam · 15/05/2015 03:23

Diana Wynne Jones? Maybe start on charmed life?

schmalex · 15/05/2015 07:13

How about...
Skulduggery Pleasant
Emily Windsnap series
Ash Mistry adventure series
The School for Good and Evil
Katherine Rundell (Rooftoppers) has a new one out later this year.

Leeds2 · 15/05/2015 11:13

What Katy Did

The Djinn series by Linda Davies (like Percy Jackson, but set in Saudi)

The White Giraffe (and subsequent books) by Lauren St John

The Firework Maker's Daughter by Phillip Pullman

Molly Moon series by Georgia Byng

Takver · 15/05/2015 13:00

Assume she's read the Kane Chronicles and all the other Rick Riordan books?

Has she read the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series? Also the Ingo series set in Cornwall - contemporary fantasy again.

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Kampeki · 15/05/2015 14:10

Ooh, lots more good ideas here, thank you so much! I haven't even heard of half of these!

She has read The Borrowers, and really enjoyed it. She also really enjoyed The Firework Maker's Daughter, and that took her on to the Northern Lights books and other Philip Pullman stuff - can't believe I didn't mention them, as she counts the Northern Lights books among her favourites!

I did suggest What Katy Did, as I enjoyed it as a kid, but she didn't seem that interested. Confused Might suggest it again...

I'm not aware of her having read any of the others, so will do some googling to get an idea of which ones she might enjoy most!

Thank you again for all the great suggestions!

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Takver · 15/05/2015 14:49

If she likes Anne of GG, there's always the Emily of New Moon series also by LM Montgomery.

Ipushedmygrannyaffabus · 15/05/2015 14:55

Your list brought back great memories of all my childhood favourites - especially the little house on the prairie series and the (long forgotten by me) bullerby children!

Has she read The Fate of Jeremy Visick? I loved that at about her age.

agoodbook · 15/05/2015 19:06

I had a chat with my DD earlier ( a grown up English Teacher now!) and she reminded me of
I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith
and a couple of American authors
Paula Danzinger
Judy Blume

scallopsrgreat · 15/05/2015 19:38

Millie Slavidou and Lucy Evans InstaExplorer. There are three or four books in the series.

Linds53 · 15/05/2015 21:51

What about Cornelia Funke? My daughter loved the Thief Lord and the Inkheart trilogy.
And City of Ember by Jeanne duPrau is a much better book than the film. I suggested What Katy Did to mine. She read it and now refuses to read any books I suggest!

JoanCallamezzo · 17/05/2015 22:16

Kampeki you must read Wonder, I absolutely loved it!

I forgot to mention the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary, which my DD first read a couple of years ago but keeps going back to (they were my comfort books at her age too!) Also the Fudge books by Judy Blume.

Cooroo · 17/05/2015 22:19

I second Skulduggery Pleasant - my DD read and loved lots of the books you mention and she loved these (so did I!). The later ones gets darker and older but she could def enjoy the first and see how it goes.

hdoodle · 19/05/2015 12:34

Chasing Vermeer is a sort of mathy, puzzly, mystery book

Seeline · 19/05/2015 12:48

There are lots of Lauren St Child books that my DD really enjoyed.
The White Giraffe series mentioned up thread were brilliant. She also enjoyed the Laura Marlin Mysteries, and has gone on to the one dollar horse books.
For something a bit more challenging she enjoyed the Little White Horse, and a Traveller in Time.
Other E Nesbit books - Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet etc
Coraline

AtomicDog · 19/05/2015 12:54

What about Ruby Redfort series or the London Eye Mystery?

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