Books for 11yo and 9yo dds

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I'd love some book suggestions for my dds. Both are good readers.

Dd1 has enjoyed the Wolf Brother series, The Name of This Book Is Secret and she likes adventure or mystery books.

Dd2 has pretty much only read Jacqueline Wilson for months, but I'm running out of books to get her and wondered about any other similar authors. She also enjoyed A Girl Called Justice.

Any recommendations?

My 9 year old DD is a real bookworm. She loved

-The Mysterious Benedict Society series
-The Matt Haig Christmas trilogy (She has read the first two and is getting the third in her Christmas Eve Box)
-The Edie Eckhart books

• The Little House on the Prairie Books
• His Dark Materials
• Mallor Towers series

Thanks! Dd2 has read the Matt Haig ones, but I hadn't thought of Mallory Towers (I loved this as a kid) or His Dark Materials!

If your 9yo loves Jaqueline Wilson, try books by Cathy Cassidy, Judy Bloome and Gwyneth Rees

My 10yo LOVES the Lottie Brooks series, I think there's 3 out so far.

I loved the animal ark series as a child, there's loads iirc and can be picked up quite cheap on eBay :)

My 10yo daughter has recently read the Scarlet and Ivy series which she loved. She's also a fan of the Lottie Brooks books and Pages and co.

My eldest loved the Girl Named Justice series and also enjoyed -

Baby Alien series - Pamela Butchart
Dundoodle mysteries - David O’Connell
Naughiest Girl in the School
Harry Potter

Have a look at Eva Ibbotson - Journey to the River Sea or Star of Kazan.

Reading on their own is good but I still think there is a lot of value in reading to them and talking about the books - decoding words to pronounce them is one level of reading success but there are other levels you can help them with by asjing questions about deeper meanings in the text - you can be asking them things like - why do you think a character carried out a particular act or reacted in a certain way and this could be about issues to do with jealousy, loyalty, mistrust, fear, etc- about many complex and subtle meanings that aren't explicit stated in the text - the author won't always be saying a character was jealous because.... Or that they didn't trust the stranger, etc - it's good to be able to understand the many layers in a story. So you can read to improve mastery but it's also good to read for enjoyment... Your younger daughter might enjoy one of the Joey Pigza books (I read them to my DD's when they were 8) and they laughed a lot.- You could read them The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. By reading with them/to them and talking about the text you will have a much better idea about how much they are really taking in and understanding. I also read them Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres - a relatively short story based on a real story - it's both funny and very sad. You could read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime - it has one f word early on you can read our edit as you see fit but it covers some very interesting issues surrounding a character with autistic traits - all depends on what your children like and what your aims are - there is so much great children's literature. One of the short stories I treat to them when they were around 8 was Rikki Tikki Tarvi - it's quite gripping if you read it in short installments. My kids read on their own but I read to them both until they were 13 - it was just a bonding thing and something we liked to do and I think that helped them see reading as a fun hobby, something that involved exploring, finding and trying all sorts of different books.

My 11yo loves Dork diaries and the Chris Colfer Land of stories books

Yes! My 9yo DD was given all 3 recently and has romped through them.

There's a new Jacqueline Wilson out in 2 days time 🙂
But Cathy Cassidy and Jean Ure are very similar.
Has she read the Jacqueline Wilson books that are re imaging of classics (Katy, The Primrose Railway etc) - maybe you could get the original classic novels if she had never read them.

The Riddle of the Runes by Janina Ramirez.

Murder most Unladylike series
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Lightning Mary (about Mary Anning)
Dork Diaries?

second Cathy Cassidy