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Books for 9 year old girl

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FTB2022 · 06/12/2022 18:42

Any book suggestions for a very nearly nine year old girl who loves Jacqueline Wilson and Roald Dahl please? Stand alone or series suggestions gratefully recieved!

Thanks :)

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Smearywindowsagain · 06/12/2022 18:44

The Christmas pig is really good

Multipleexclamationmarks · 06/12/2022 18:46

Malory Towers
The Percy Jackson books

JPduck · 06/12/2022 18:55

Dork diaries

BakingQueen14 · 06/12/2022 18:56

Nevermore/Morrigan Crow series by Jessica Townsend. The Works had them on offer a few weeks ago.

Bernadinetta · 06/12/2022 18:59

Tom Gates (by Liz Pynchon)

Pugs of the Frozen North

Lisa Thompson books

SuperGinger · 06/12/2022 19:00

Scarlet and Ivy series and The murder most unladylike series and Harry Potter, most by Katherine Rondelle, Percy Jackson series

Roundthebend45 · 06/12/2022 19:00

Wizards of Once series is great. Also the Amelia Fang series too. My daughter loves those, Tom Gates and also the Tree House books.

SuperGinger · 06/12/2022 19:00

Rundell, wretched phone

Pashazade · 06/12/2022 19:00

Goth Girl series by Chris Riddell

WeirdPookah · 06/12/2022 19:14

Toto the Ninja Cat series

33goingon64 · 06/12/2022 19:24

The Very Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone. Brimming with cool, funny and inspirational female characters. My DS loved it even though it's about a girl!

parlourb · 06/12/2022 19:55

The Lottie brooks series , by Kate Kirby

Stompythedinosaur · 06/12/2022 19:56

A Girl Called Justice series

Lj8893 · 06/12/2022 20:01

My DD is 9 and loves the Diary of a Wimpy kid series.

SkankingWombat · 06/12/2022 20:03

Varjak Paw has been very popular recently in our house along with The Animals Of Farthing Wood.

norwichmummy123 · 06/12/2022 20:08

My 9 year old really loves Secret Seven books

BettyOBarley · 06/12/2022 20:42

My 9yr old DD loves the Lightning Girl series by Alesha Dixon. There's 4 in the series.

FTB2022 · 06/12/2022 21:30

Thank you all so much! Lots of ideas to check out :)

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toomuchfaster · 06/12/2022 21:31

The Worst Witch

FlakeBreak · 06/12/2022 22:09

Lots of the above but also Michelle Harrison has a couple of series that mine started reading at 9 (13 treasures/secrets/curses, pinch of magic/tangle of spells etc) & still loves 18+ months on.

glamourousindierockandroll · 06/12/2022 22:16

I loved Mallory Towers that age. Also Little House on the Prairie but that might be a bit naff now.

SkankingWombat · 07/12/2022 07:51

glamourousindierockandroll · 06/12/2022 22:16

I loved Mallory Towers that age. Also Little House on the Prairie but that might be a bit naff now.

DD1 read the Little House series earlier this year. She absolutely loved it, but it did need several un-sugared history lessons and ongoing discussions running alongside it. Western films and games of 'cowboys and Indians' aren't something she's familiar with so she didn't even have a basic (white-washed) understanding of the backdrop, let alone the real history of the deaths and displacement of native people. There are also a few specific parts during the series that needed to be talked about too, such as Pa (and others) blacking up as entertainment.
Overall, I'm glad she read and enjoyed them, as it opened her up to learn about a whole section of history and way of life that she otherwise isn't exposed to in the UK. BUT I'm glad we'd chosen to read them together rather than just hand them over. It had been 30 years since I'd read them, and I didn't remember/hadn't been aware at the time of the troublesome parts.

Brefugee · 07/12/2022 07:52

the Wild Magic Trilogy by Celine Kiernan?

www.goodreads.com/series/218371-the-wild-magic-trilogy

they're lovely, and - wonder of wonder - the parents are also involved in the child's life.

FTB2022 · 07/12/2022 11:10

Brefugee · 07/12/2022 07:52

the Wild Magic Trilogy by Celine Kiernan?

www.goodreads.com/series/218371-the-wild-magic-trilogy

they're lovely, and - wonder of wonder - the parents are also involved in the child's life.

Thanks for this.

I've been a bit shocked at the number of books where the parents are dead/absent. Or the children describe their parents as brain dead for not buying them an iPhone...

Can you tell I don't have children yet?!

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Brefugee · 07/12/2022 11:28

I mean the parents are necessarily absent for parts, otherwise there would be no adventure, but they are supportive and lovely and protective when they need to be.
GIve it a go - there are some lovely characters in it. But the involved parent bit is the part that made me give a bit of an air punch.

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