Reading books for 8-10yr old

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Wasn't sure where to post this really...

DD is an avid reader, she has been unwell for weeks with suspected long tail covid and one thing that has been good is her ability to read! Anyway she's gone through at least 20 books and I am running out of options.

She's 8 but reading age at least 9 maybe 10 really but obviously I also need the book to be suitable.

She has read most if not all of these already:

Harry Potter
David Walliams
Diary of Wimpy Kid
Tom gates
Enid Blyton
Roald Dhal
Michael Morpurgo (only kensukes kingdom and Kaspar)

Can anyone suggest any other good books or authors I can look at for her? I am looking for self reading so nothing too scary or i guess overly complicated as we would still read that with her. She also like humorous books or adventure tales.

Michael morpurgo - Zanzibar

Has she tried the 13 storey treehouse stories? Or captain underpants?
My son's taste in books is quite similar- he is an avid reader but doesnt like to be scared

The Rabbit and Bear series are great too.

And my son liked The Accidental Prime Minister

Thank you for these! She loved captain underpants! I’ll order some of these others

My son likes the Alex Rider spy series

My son likes David Walliams books.

Happy to help . We can't get hold of books fast enough for DS!

All the other Micheal morporgoes, Anne of green gables (I bought the whole set of 7), naughtiest girl, Edward Tulane, northern lights, Malory towers, Nancy drew, secret garden, little princess.

Skulduggery Pleasant is the series my DS is currently reading and then lending on to classmates, very popular with all

Have a look at Rick Riordan.

Percy Jackson, the Kane chronicles, Magnus chase etc.

Percy Jackson (there are lots of them). Personally I wouldn't go for Northern Lights - the themes are too old. What about the babysitter club graphic novels? I also echo Alex Rider.

Northern Lights is not a read for an 8 year old in my opinion.

(Cross post with @Ickabog!)

@Hargao

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You have good taste.

I would also agree Northern lights is a no go, especially if she doesn't like scary, Bolvanger is not a pleasant place to read about.

I think the themes in Percy Jackson are too mature (I had a flick through before giving them to DS(8), and put away for later).

David walliams books are a big hit, especially the Ice Monster and the World's Worst books, and he likes the Hotel Flamingo, Mr Penguin and Agent Weasel series.

Recently he's read and enjoyed Toto the Ninja Cat, The Train To Impossible Places and Boot the Robot.

I’ve been reading the Legend of Podkin one Ear to DS10 and DS7 - they love it - it’s a sort of fantasy tale about rabbits battling evil. We’re onto book 2 now and I think there’s at least 3 in the series.

Ds1 (9) has been reading Katherine Rundell:
Rooftoppers,
The Explorers,
The Wolf Wilder.

Also the 1000 Year old boy and The Kid Who Came from Space were hits.

Also the Steve Backshall books - Tiger Chronicles?

Jacqueline Wilson is great. They do vary in age suitability but I especially love her historical stories - Hetty Feather etc they are fine for that age.

Ellie Irving books, esp. The Matilda Effect
Murder Most Unladylike series
Who Let the Gods Out series
The Imagination Box
The Creakers - Tom Fletcher books
Holes
The Many Worlds of Albie Bright
The Owl Service

How about the charlie bone series? Or Caroline Lawrence's Roman mysteries??

Tamora Pierce books. Lovely fantasy and feminist.

Iguana Boy - James Bishop
Broccoli Boy - FCB

My DS likes the same as yours and he doesn't enjoy Alex Rider or Percy Jackson (maybe that's 'yet' but I doubt it.
Capt Underpants and Dav Pilkey's graphic novel series Dogman go down well too!

Fantastic thank you! So many options. Yes DH said no way to northern lights having read them himself as an older teenager. Plenty to go on here so thanks.

Pamela Butchart's Izzy series too. The Spy who Loved School Dinners. Loved these. Funny and engaging.

Books I've read (or was planning to read/read last year) to my Y4 class this year: Blabber Mouth (they really loved the humour in this), The Giants and the Joneses, The Boy at the Back of the Class (this was the one where we got moans and groans when it was hometime and the reading had to stop!) and The Day We Met the Queen (Boy at the Back of the Class sequel for World Book Day, which several of them presented me their own copy to read the week after WBD!), Bernard's Watch, The Deamon Headmaster (There are six or seven in the series, all suitable for this age group, as far as I remember), The Magicians of Caprona (part of a series, magic written before Harry Potter, but I think some of them are a bit "old" for this age group - not inappropriate subject matter, just a bit long and meaty, but this one is the most accessible, and also works as a stand alone).

I personally love Holes, but I think it's a bit old for 8 - there's a little bit of sexual stuff implied, and a couple of murders in the flashbacks. Other books I loved at this age but are a bit "girly" for my boy heavy class but might work for your DD - Charlotte Sometimes (but there's a seance - depends how you feel about that) and The Diddakoi (mention of corpral punishment).

The Roman Mysteries are great if she likes Historical Stuff, but I'd vet them beforehand - the start to get a bit darker by books 4/5/6, and definitely by 7 (where one of the characters watches a man set himself, and then the entire city of Rome, on fire).

I love children's books. If she gets into school stories, there are 58 Chalet School books, and I was about her age when I read my first one!

Ooh, I've just got The Boy At the Back of class - I'm hopeful now - thank you! I wasnt sure he'd appreciate it.