DD’s 10th birthday wishlist

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Dd has asked for “books like Harry Potter and the Wizard of Earthsea” for her birthday. She’s read the Dark Materials series and also the Book of Dust, all the HP books and the first two in the Earthsea series (book 3 is a bit tedious). Does anyone familiar with books for this age group have any recommendations for what I could get her for her birthday?

My nephew loves the Chris Colfer land of stories series

Or if you want vampires and the like the Darren Shan series is quite good.

Also Terry pratchett and no one is never too young for Tolkien, would start with The Hobbit though!

Has she read the City of Ember books?

Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow or some of Eva Ibbotson’s books?

The Uncommoners
Frostheart
The School for Good and Evil

Percy Jackson?

The Dark is Rising series should be up her street. Or some Alan Garner?

Cloud horse chronicles?

The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix is very good. Start with Sabriel. If she likes ghostly stuff the Lockwood and Co series by Jonathan Stroud is excellent. Almost anything by the great Diana Wynne Jones.

Philip Reeve's Mortal Engines series perhaps?

second Land of Stories recommendation. my daughters loved it.

Thank you all: I will have this thread on hand when I go to Waterstones at the weekend!

DD loved the Cogheart Series by Peter Bunzl.

Rumblestar, then a Jungledrop (just published) by Abi Elphinstone, or Sky Song.
The Girl Who Speaks Bear by Sophie Anderson
A Girl called Owl, Snowglobe by Amy Wilson

Katherine Rundell is an excellent writer - The Explorer, Rooftoppers

Jess Butterworth - Swimming Against the Storm, Running on the aloof of the World

The Land of Roar (book 2 has just been published)

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Thank you all: I will have this thread on hand when I go to Waterstones at the weekend!

I'd check them out on line so you know what you want when you're in Waterstones.

Any independent book shops near you?

If she’s into Harry Potter and has seen The Cursed Child, there’s a fabulous behind the scenes book explaining how the made the sets and costumes and stuff. It’s really fascinating.

www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Potter-Cursed-Child-Award-Winning/dp/0751576107/ref=asc_df_0751576107_nodl/?hvlocphy=20342&hvlocphy=20342&linkCode=df0&hvptwo&hvptwo&psc=1&psc=1&hvnetw=g&hvnetw=g&hvadid=394229390319&hvadid=394229390319&hvpone&hvpone&hvlocint&hvlocint&ref&th=1&hvpos&hvpos&hvdev=m&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl&hvdvcmdl&hvqmt&hvqmt&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&hvtargid=pla-712940185917&hvtargid=pla-712940185917&hvrand=15918691332088408767&hvrand=15918691332088408767&adgrpid=85953219350

I have just cleared out about 100 books my son read at that age..

The ones we kept off the top of my head were the Eragon series, Artemis Fowl, Inkheart.

The ones we sold:

The Hunt Trilogy:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/26883426-the-hunt-trilogy

The Wyrmwweald Trilogy:
www.goodreads.com/series/74324-wyrmeweald

Markus Zusah (author of the Book Thief) Wolfe Brothers Trilogy
www.goodreads.com/book/show/10484883-underdogs

The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/295305.Wolf_Brother

Charlie Bone Series:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/9475.Midnight_for_Charlie_Bone

Anthony Horowitz, The Gate Keepers
www.goodreads.com/book/show/107664.Raven_s_Gate

The Dragon Keeper trilogy
www.goodreads.com/book/show/1162185.Dragon_Keeper

Take Back the Skies,
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/18594501-take-back-the-skies

The Young Samurai
www.goodreads.com/series/173192-young-samurai

The Spooks Series:
www.goodreads.com/book/show/2330711.The_Spook_s_Mistake

Garth Nix, Seventh Tower Series,
www.goodreads.com/series/44000-the-seventh-tower

Young Bond series by Charlie Higson:
www.goodreads.com/series/49635-young-bond

Garth Nix: Keys to the Kingdom series,
www.goodreads.com/book/show/47613.Mister_Monday

Chrestomancy series by Diana Wynne Jones
Narnia
Dark is Rising series
Would be my first thoughts.

Definitely Eva Ibbotson

Already recommended on here which mine (who has similar taste) loved are the School for Good & Evil series, and Cogheart.
Not previously recommended but she raves about are: Emma Carroll (all) / clockwork sparrow / Michelle Harrison (any) and a HUgE recommendation for the completely wonderful Mysterious Benedict Society books.

Diana Wynne Jones Crestomanci series. First one is Charmed Life: www.hive.co.uk/Product/Diana-Wynne-Jones/Charmed-Life/25152

Cogheart, mortal engines, dark is rising, Lockhart all big hits here. Young bond and another series by Charlie Higson about post apocalyptic future also big hits here

Wizard of Once
Murder most unladylike
Percy Jackson

Forgot how to train your dragon series by Cressida Cowell much better than the animated films and tv series