Modern fiction for children aged 7-11

[18yearstooold]

I'm trying to improve my knowledge of modern fiction student teacher and i'm in need of suggestions

I'm all Morpugo'd out I think

I've read...
Street child
Oranges in no man's land
Varjak paw
The firework maker's daughter
Holes
I was a rat

Plus lots of Morpugo

I'm not going near beast quest or wimpy kid

Any suggestions?

US middle school angst,bullies, being a small fish in a large pond etc crop up.

Different format but some cross over re issues.

Op wanted help re modern fiction for kids not books that facilitated a wide vocab.

WK has it's place in modern kid lit and a pretty valuable one too imvho.

Not all kids want or will read The Hobbit when thrust into their hands.Doesn't mean they won't ever get to it.

As does Horrid Henry.

Hmm. Wonder is primarily set in a U.S. middle school but I wouldn't make any comparisons otherwise.

Oh my dc did,starting middle school,the worries etc. Was one of the reasons they tried it,had read comparisons in reviews elsewhere.

The use of humour was similar too,in places.

Will have to disagree on that one.

Cornelia Funke writes great books.

The Animal Ark series

Harry Potter

LePetite

There is absolutely nothing wrong with wimpy kid, beast quest etc but every classroom I've been into has been full of them so I'm looking for suggestions of different books I can look at

I'm planning on building my own knowledge so when a parent or child is looking for suggestions I have reasons behind my suggestions rather than just an amazon review

I'm looking at modern fiction because I'm already very familiar with children's classics

Sorry, stuck an extra e in your name

18years

Guy Bass came to visit DD2's school, the whole of juniors was buzzing for weeks afterwards. I think he writes very well.

DD2 also went to a talk by Louise Pinchon(?) author of the Tom Gates series and was similarly inspired. I think the Tom Gates books are good for encouraging reluctant readers, graphic style and quick progress through pages.

The Septimus Heap series, Kane Chronicles, Spiderwick,, Fizzlebert Stump the boy who ran away from the circus and joined the library, Wild Boy, twelve minutes to midnight, Pheonix

I guess so Taffeta,there are actually allusions to Wimpy Kid(and other pop kid culture)within the book.Said allusions are mentioned in a few education ideas notes online.

She was clever in the way she got a difficult subject across to kids so well by harnessing pop kid culture imvho.

Any hoo op will compile a list later of of our modern must reads(there are a few).

Dork Diaries are very popular at the moment.

Also Humphrey the Hamster series by Betty Birney, Mr Majeika series by Humphrey Carpenter and, given the film has recently been released, they might enjoy Paddington books.

Bambert's book of missing stories
Leon and the peace between
Wolves in the wall
The dark us rising
Wizard of Earthsea
Don't cook Cinderella
Goblinz detective agency
Jack Stalwart series
Young Bond
Pirate Tales

If you have any reluctant readers who are into football I've had big success with the Frank Lampard football books.

More ideas...Dimanche Diller
Mysterious Benedict Society
Demon Headmaster series
Tales From Shwarzgarten
Thirnthwaite Inheritance.

Ds likes a particular genre as these are all similar...Lemony Snicket too. He does not like pure fantasy books and prefers those with people in. Anyone got ideas for similar books?

DD (year 3) likes Horrible Histories, Enid Blyton, Noel Streatfeild, Mr Gum, David Walliams, Harry Potter (though she's only read the first one yet), Wimpy Kid, Tom Gates, Gwyneth Rees Super Sister series, Holly Webb's Animal Ark books, Jeremy Strong.

I read a fair amount of YA fic, so I'd also recommend Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles), Louis Sachar, Marjorie Blackman (Noughts and Crosses etc), Neil Gaiman (Neverwhere, Coraline, the Graveyard book), Terry Pratchett - the Tiffany Aching, Johnny and the Bomb, Truckers/Diggers/Wings to start with, but also some of the "adult" Discworld books would be fine from year 5 or 6.

Tom Palmer - a number of football series

Francesca Simon The Sleeping Army series

Sorry typo there - Thornthwaite not Thirnthwaite.

Our school has just done Tall Story by Candy Gourlay for all of KS2. It's probably more for the upper end of ks2 but DD loved it and I read the first few chapters too - really good. Funny and gripping.

Jenny Nimmo - Snow Spider & Charlie Bone Series

Book of Storms - slightly fantasy-ish but set in the real world (if you know what I mean).

I enjoy reading YA books - normally in the teen range but this was very good despite focusing on an 11 yr old.

Gareth p jones books I think went down well when he visited my sons junior school. Ninja Meercat books seems to be talked about.

My 8 year old (year 4) loves the Ingo Chronicles - teacher was impressed by the series and hadn't heard of them. Adores Eva Ibbotson.

Yes, yes to having other books than Wimpy Kid, Beast Quest etc as they don't suit everyone. DD also likes lyrical language - Secret Garden, Little Princess etc - seems to find it calming.

Have a look at the reading lists that Colet Court have on their website for different age groups - they do have some interesting ones - that's where I found out about Ingo. DD's headteacher recommended it to me as she was uninspired by the books in the classroom.

Akimbo series is also good for less confident readers.