Book ideas for a 10 yr old bookworm

oldhaggis

A few more DS enjoyed:

John Wyndham – The Day of the Triffids, The Midwich Cuckoos, Chocky etc
Also The Night of the Triffids the sequel by Simon Clark
Arthur Conan Doyle – Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World
Michael Crichton- Jurassic Park, The Lost World (sequel to Jurassic Park with same title as Conan Doyle’s book), Congo
H G Wells - War of the Worlds
Louis Sachar – Holes

Non Fiction

Gerald Durrell – My Family and Other Animals, A Zoo in my Luggage and other autobiographical works.
Gervase Phinn - The Dales series about his time as a school inspector

Lavendyr

pixelation wrote: »

Has he tried the Bartemeus Trilogy?

Definitely try him with the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud - fantastic trilogy, well written and engaging - definitely a step up from Harry Potter etc!

PlutoinCapricorn

Rudyard Kipling: Jungle Books, Puck of Pook's Hill, Stalky

Molesworth by Ronald Searle & Geoffrey Willans

floss2

I was going to suggest:
Alan Garner,
Arthur Ransome,
Robin Jarvis (I went to school with him!),
Pratchett (but start at the beginning of Discworld if you can),
John Wyndham,
Willard Price books,
the Colditz books,
Jennings books,
Biggles books (can you tell I had older brothers?!)
Agatha Christie,
The Hobbit, followed by Lord of the Rings.

Also have a look on Amazon - put in something he likes and see what it suggests, it's a bit like doing a Genius mix on iTunes!

pavlovs_dog

I'm 27 and have joined the library at the school where I work so that I can start reading all of the award winning teen fiction from recent years (better than looking like a beardy weirdy as an adult in teh teen section at the local library )

Currently halfway through Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials, which is an enjoyable and thought provoking read. Plenty to sink your teeth into.

pavlovs_dog

I have no personal experience of them but Charlie Higson's Young Bond series seem popular with our y7-8 boys.

Spendless

Mado wrote: »

:rotfl:Forgot percy Jackson... done them already!

Has he read all the books by Rick Riordan? He has done different books to the Percy Jackson ones (though along a similar vein) and currently has a new one of one of the series out. I bought it in Asda a few weeks ago for a fiver- rull cost is around £12. Mine's stashed away, shhhhh.

Diary of a wimpy kid- has that been mentioned?

mrcow

Lorien Legacies are good for a competent reader. But they are the next step up from the books you've mentioned in terms of maturity. Only if he's ready. Starts with "I am number 4". Try that one.

Assuming that he's read all the Skulduggery Pleasant books (any self-respecting-book-minded 10 year old boy will have them on their shelves already!)

Also, Pure Dead Brilliant books (6 of them) are good but again only if he's competent enough. The language used is very good so make sure he's looking up words he doesn't understand.

Lord of the Rings is good, but once again, only if he's got the reading stamina to get into it. Otherwise there's a temptation to get bored. A good ploy is to show the Peter Jackson film after each book is finished to consolidate/compare.

mrcow

One off books (again, only if he's competent enough to be able to follow more subtle plots than the more simple kids' fiction) are Martyn Pig and Lord of the Flies - both excellent books.



Edit: Presuming that you don't mind the odd swear word?

caroline78

Michael Lawrence writes a series of books about Jiggy McCue....They might be a but young but I am 34 and loved them last year....lol...They are really funny and a bit rude in places...xx

http://www.jiggymccue.com/index.aspx