Book recommendations for 10yo DS please

[daisydalrymple]

Ds1 finished Harry Potter and after looking at reviews and on here I bought the Percy Jackson series, knowing a couple of his friends had enjoyed them too.

However, he reached a scene where they got stuck in a gaming land for a few days and he really didn't like it. It's quite upset him so we've put the books away for now.

So I'm basically looking for recommendations for real life adventure as opposed to fantasy. He's loved all the Enid Blyton books and loves sport / football. Any modern day EB equivalent or similar I'm missing? Many thanks.

(Also read swallows & amazons, toms midnight garden, wimpy kid)

Wolf brother by Michelle paver

Sorry I didn't really fulfill your criteria by that recommendation but it's a really good book.

Thank you. I've just read the synopsis of that one on Amazon and it may well be a contender to be honest. He really loves history and has enjoyed the mythology side of the books he's read, he just hated the gaming element.

He's rereading cherry tree farm at the moment for a touch of reality he loves nature etc. I think I even rainy day we'll all have a trip to the library and he can try out a few different types of book.

One rainy day, not i even

Bumping for evening suggestions

If he likes history, DS loved a series called The Roman Mysteries when he was that age.

Has he read the thousands of Michael Morpurgo? Again, DS devoured those. Lots of nature in some of them too.

Thank you, they both look like possibilities too.

David Walliams books are well loved by my DS age 10.

What about Amazon Adventure by Willard Price?
Or the Just William books? (My DC were horrified by the antics he got up to!)
The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann is a classic, and great too- ok, it's not rl, because it's the animals having the adventure, but a great book nontheless.

Not modern day but he might like Five Children and It, and the sequels.

Also, has he read Stig Of The Dump?
There's the Eagle of the Ninth series, by Rosemary Sutcliffe too, but not sure how dated they are to modern children!
Has he read the How to Train Your Dragon series? They really are fun, well-written too.

Yes he's enjoyed the how to train your dragon, and I think he's read a couple of David walliams at school, thanks I'll suggest looking at both lots again. All the other suggestions are great too, thanks everybody.

DD (11) has just finished The Blackthorn Key, which is set in the pasta- she raced through it in a day (not a particularly keen reader) so it must be good.

Ooh thanks, that's another one I think he might enjoy from the synopsis.

My 9 and 11 yr olds are really enjoying books by Louis Sachar right now, Holes is their favourite. I think they're really clever. I thought the kids might not quite understand them but they seem to follow them no problem.

Very funny books are the Mr Gum series by Andy Stanton.Start with "You're a bad man, Mr Gum"

DD has recently loved:

Wolf Wilder
Moonlocket
Cogheart
The Apothecary
The Legend of Podkin One Ear

My DD works at a bookstore. Tom Gates if he likes Diary of a Wimpy Kid, anything by Emma Carroll or by Katherine Rundell she recommends. The crooked sixpence also if he liked Harry Potter.

I know you'd prefer real life, but maybe the Narnia series? Well worth reading before he's old enough to notice the heavy handed allegory. Nothing against the religious element- I just found them less enjoyable as a child, once I realised what was going on in the (not very sub) subtext. Still love them though.

Wind in the willows? Toot toot!

I strongly suggest Wonder by RJ Palacio (for both him and you, it's awesome). About a boy with facial disfiguration and troubles he has at school, particularly interesting as it gives the story from various characters' points of view.

Letters from the Lighthouse is another great 'real life' book, set during WW2.

Oh brilliant, I love the wide variety here, thanks all so much! He was a very reluctant reader till about age 7, when he suddenly got the reading bug, I'm so pleased to give him all these suggestions thank you.

The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart is very good, for a clever-kids-beat-the-dastardly-baddies adventure, although it isn't exactly real life...

Also, have you ever had a look on the Goodreads website? If you put in the name of a book you have liked it makes suggestions for ones you might also enjoy.

Oh brilliant, I'll look at that thanks.

My ds11 loved Brotherband chronicles and Rangers Apprentice by John Flanagan.He just adored them.

Another vote for Wonder.

DD has just read Letters from the Lighthouse. Loved it.

Silver Sword if he might like the history element.