Moving on from Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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Ds7 has been obsessed with these books. He’s v mature and a brilliant reader. We now want to move on to something new but nothing is taking his fancy.
Ideally something with a more positive role model than the miserable / cynical main character in wimpy kid but he does love something funny!

Any suggestions please? 🙏🏻

Mine moved on to How to Train Your Dragon after Wimpy Kid. Then Percy Jackson after that. I read The Hobbit to him at around that age too.

ETA he also read some Suzanne Collins books (yes of Hunger Games fame) called Gregor the Overlander.

Maybe have a look at Tom Gates books by Liz Picton, although my kids didn’t really get into the wimpy kid books, so not sure if it’s a ‘step up’?

He sounds like a wonderful young man. My eight year old enjoys the Treehouse Books, he also likes the Stephen Mangan books like The Unlikely Rise of Harry Sponge and The Day I Fell down the Toilet. Has he read the Roald Dahl books?

Tom Gates
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My DS has enjoyed:

Grimwood books by Nadia Shireen

Tom Fletcher’s books

The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd

The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes

Percy Jackson series

The Storey Treehouse books by Andy Griffiths

Impossible Creature by Katherine Rundell

Harry Potter

Breakfast Club books by Marcus Rashford

The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson

Percy Jackson and Loki were a big hit for a while here. Although the wimpy kids book remain a firm favourite nd comfort read many years on, really wish he'd branch out a little but if that's or nothing, I'll take it!

Pamela butchart books are very funny

I second this, my 7yr old adores them, me too.

Thanks so much! He loved the Treehouse books! I will look up the day I fell down the toilet! Sounds like something that would spark his interest 🤣

Thank you everyone. He’s read Roald Dahl, Tom Gates and wasn’t into the dragon books sadly but I will check out all the other suggestions. Brilliant to have some new ideas 🙂