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?

I've been clearing some bookshelves and would add to the list:
Windsinger series by William Nicholson
Garth Nix - Sabriel series and the Mister Monday series.

I second the Spiderwick Chronicles series - really well written.

Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce. The Name of this Book is Secret by pseudonym Bosch. The Rangers Apprentice series by John Flanagan. Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell. Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt. Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks. All tried and tested on my reading groups and are bestsellers in the bookshop where I work.

I adore these threads some great ideas here!

My DD has raced through Lemony Snickett, and adores Chris Riddle Ottoline and Goth Girl books, also of course usual Roald Dhal etc and some Jaqeline wilson...

Next xmas am aiming to get dragon series for her and mr gum

dianne wynne jones

is fab writer too, wrote howls moving caslte and loads of other brilliant stuff

V helpful thread!
Resounding praise for Pseudonymous Bosch secret series here - loved by 10yo and 8yo (mix of independent reading and bedtime stories)
8 yo boy also loves the Smelly Troll series (!) along with Jeremy Strong and Percy Jackdon (these are on the cusp of being too scary for him). Just finished a Barnabus Mudpatch book on kindle which was another hit.

Thief Lord
Pigheart Boy
The magic thief

The more complex Horrid Henry books, Sleuth on Skates, Doctor Proctor (Jo Nesbo)

Can I borrow your thread a second, OP? DS (year 3) likes playing at spies, is he too young for Alex Rider? He's a fluent but not super keen reader but has read beast quest and various Roald Dahl and HTTYD books in the last year.

Dd is nine. She loves Erin Hunter books about wildcats. She has read about twenty of the things and is completely obsessed. Thank goodness for libraries.

Which of these are good for reading aloud?

I read to my 9 and 7 yo - 9 yo will read Wimpy Kid type stuff in English but is schooled only in German - she likes being read to and I want to keep her vocabulary on a par with other native English speakers. 7 yo only learnt to read a few months ago (school starting age).

Atm 9 yo loves Malery Towers and 7 yo loves Mr Gum, but we're nearing the end of both. I find choosing books to read aloud very hit and miss at this age - books written for kids to read themselves can read aloud very badly. Anything scary is totally out for my kids unless I want them refusing to sleep - can't believe what hard nuts some kids this age are :o

Tonic try the Jack Stalwart books as an easier alternative to Alex Rider

Thanks!

My 7 year old daughter has just enjoyed first Wimpky Kid book.
Anything by Jeremy Strong but in particular The 100 mile an Hour Dog.
Gangsta Granny
Not completely modern but we've just read the Peppermint Pig by Nina Bawdin - she wrote Carries War as well. Also Joan Aiken - she wrote loads and some of hers are now back in print.
Ottoline books by Chris Riddell
Pony Detective books - more for a girl I would think as main characters are female.
Wobegon Twins books
Series of books called Piccolo and Annabel by Stephen someone

Got one mrz - he's happy with it

Hi,

DD is rereading David Badiel's The ParentAuthority, she loves it and says it's really good.

Can I ask about Wonder? DD is 8 and a complete bookworm (done lemony snickett, david walliams, harry potter, Molly moon, pippi longstockingetc) and she can sail through things like cedric dying in HP, yet was sobbing when the order of the phoenix met harry at the train station on his way back to the dursleys

(She also refused to write THIS card hor her dad's birthday because every time she looked at the pic she started crying because she said teh dog looked really sad! So, my question is, will wonder be a bit too emtional for her or is ita good book that she should love?

Joyce - she may love it and cry. In fact, that's very likely.

I think it's a great book to read and discuss together. I am so glad DS & I read it together - it gave us the opportunity for some great discussion. It explores social rejection, friendship, disability, acceptance and human kindness. It really is a wonderful book.

Teaching student DF used to get out arms full of audio books from the library. She'd listen to them while cooking or tidying and decide if they were the right level to read to her class.

This did have one draw back, the library's tags set off every security sensor in town.

Very awkward when our next job was shoe shopping.