Suggestions please

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I'm looking for some suggestions please?
DS is 11 he is an avid reader and can read above his age range but is quite innocent/emotionally young so doesn't enjoy some books/series aimed at teenagers. He loved the following series/books in the last few years Percy Jackson, How to Train your Dragon, Wizards of Once Wolf Brother, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Roman Mysteries, The Hobbit.
Does anyone have any ideas for what he might like next (ideally either series or authors with a number of books that will appeal). Thank you.

Anything by Frank Cottrell-Boyce

The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff, it is the first in a linked group of books but not a series in the way of following the same characters.

This time of year is perfect forThe Dark is Rising series.

Anything by Alan Garner, though I'd leave Owl Service for now.

Chronicles of Narnia
Who Let The Gods Out?
Northern Lights
Alex Rider
Artemis Fowl
A Series of Unfortunate Events

@AdaColeman

Anything by Frank Cottrell-Boyce

The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff, it is the first in a linked group of books but not a series in the way of following the same characters.

This time of year is perfect forThe Dark is Rising series.

Anything by Alan Garner, though I'd leave Owl Service for now.

Thank you some good ideas there. He gets through serval books a week, which is a habit we want to encourage, but I am running short of suggestions - he has read and enjoyed a couple of F C-B so the others can definitely go on the list.

Just to add….
Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising séquence actually starts with Over Sea Under Stone, with TDIR being the second book.
The hero, Will Stanton, is eleven, and the action in book 2 (TDIR) starts on 20th December, so a great way to read it is to start the book on that date.
It’s an extra way to get involved with the plot, by reading along daily in time with the progression of the story.

The Wizard of Earthsea sequence by Ursula Le Guin is a classic, and completely captivating.

Harry Potter or hunger games?

@nancybotwinbloom

Harry Potter or hunger games?

He has read Harry Potter - he liked them but didn't love them (which would be why I didn't think of them when listing what he has loved). I think the Hunger Games might be a bit too old for him in terms of theme/content rather than reading level - lots of things get put aside as too scary or too "lovey-dovey". The trick is finding the sweet spot between too childish and too grown up. But thank you for the suggestions.

You could try some Terry Pratchett and see how he gets on? Others will know his books better but he is clever and funny and things don't get too dark or lovey Dovey!

@tinselvestsparklepants

You could try some Terry Pratchett and see how he gets on? Others will know his books better but he is clever and funny and things don't get too dark or lovey Dovey!

Again he has read some Pratchett (his Dad and I are both fans) - I should have included the them on the list. He loved the Tiff Aching books and a few years ago the Bromeliad, less so the Johnny books. I'm not sure he is quite ready for the main Discworld series yet I would rather he tackled them in a couple more years when get a bit more than the surface plot and the more obvious jokes (but he does love a pun).

@WhatonEarth1

Chronicles of Narnia Who Let The Gods Out? Northern Lights Alex Rider Artemis Fowl A Series of Unfortunate Events

He has read the Narnia books and Artemis Fowl. He is refusing Northern Lights until the last part has been on TV but has it lined up ready to go as soon as the series airs. He wasn't taken by Alex Rider. Unfortunate Events is one of his (and my - well apart from the end which I found very disappointing) favourites I am not sure how I managed to miss it off the list! Not familiar with Who let the Gods Out? But from title alone it sounds like his sort of thing.

Ideally I want about half a dozen first in series or books by new (to him) writers to give him for Christmas then he can launch into any series he likes.
Thanks for the ideas.

Edge Chronicles
Swallows and Amazons

The Children of Green Knowe & sequels
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase & sequels
Riddle of the Runes
DS1 enjoyed Anne of Green Gables at that age
Jules Verne?
Lord of the Rings, of course ...

Oh yes, I agree about Swallows and Amazons, a wonderful series, DS loved them at about that age. How could I have forgotten them?

@BlueChampagne some good suggestions there the Edge chronicles and Riddle of the Runes are new to me but both look to be very much his sort of thing. I'm not sure if Swallows & Amazons would be his cup of tea (but I may be projecting though as I hated it as child (see also anything by Enid Blyton). Has has flatly refused to get to know the Anne girl (such a shame as if he had been a girl Anne would have been his middle name because of my love for her). He's not averse to a female protagonist - he just prefers at least an element of fantasy.
He loved the Hobbit and has seen the LotR films but has declined the books "for now" DH's all three in one enormous, tatty book may have put him off. I have a mind to get him a lovely illustrated copy if he still hasn't read them by his 13th birthday. I think he has read Wolves of Willoughby chase and possibly Children of the Green Knowe but if he has just those single books so I will have to quiz him about whether he liked them or not.

Thanks for the suggestions. It is a lovely problem to have but he thinks he can't pick up and put down books in libraries/ book shops thanks to Covid restrictions (and won't have it from me that he can) so it's been a couple of years since he had a proper rummage through piles of books to find new inspiration and I am running very short of ideas.

You're welcome - just going on what my DS2 (also 11) is currently enjoying.

How about some of the Peter Dickinson Fantasy stories? The Changes trilogy ; The Weathermonger, Heartsease and The Devils Children are good yarns as is The Ropemaker and its sequel whose name I can.t remember at the moment.