Whitestripe Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I posted this on Facebook, but since not many of you are my FB friends, I thought I would also ask here. Henzo's turning 9 in a few weeks and he's a pretty advanced reader. I am having trouble recommending books at his reading level that are also age appropriate. He's currently reading the Harry Potter series. He's on book 4 but I worry about the appropriateness of books 5-7. He tried Redwall last summer, but perhaps he was too young, because he didn't really get into it. I may suggest those to him again this year and see if he likes them more now. He's read the Percy Jackson series, but I was hesitant to recommend the Heroes of Olympus (the next series) as I thought the 15/16 year old characters might be too old for him. I bought The Graveyard Book for me, but I think he would like that, too. He's read the Narnia books and he's got the Alexander Lloyd books. What else do you all recommend? He does not care for the Wimpy Kid books, and that is fine with me because I think they are crap. He tried The Hobbit and got bogged down in the language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angalin Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Have you tried Riordan's The Red Pyramid? There's some Diana Wynne Jones or Joan Aiken which might work.I hate the Wimpy Kid and Captain Underpants with a passion.There was a similar thread to this one kicking around... let me see if I can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestripe Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Angalin: There was a kid's lit thread (I posted in it) but I was too lazy to look for it. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Alan Garner, maybe? I read the Weirdstone of Brisingamen at about that age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Sheepf*cker Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Here's a top 25 list for children and there's also a top 25 for YA if he's more advanced http://bestfantasybooks.com/best-children's-fantasy-books.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peadar Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 You could try the Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesome possum Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 A couple years ago I let my friend's nine-year-old borrow Ender's Game and he loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Try some classic German stuff by Michael Ende.The Neverending story (it´s better than the movie)MomoJim Button and Luke the engine driverThe author is the son of surrealist painter and an example of the German liberal "Weltbürgertum". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitestripe Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 Sorry, Mr. Dangerous, Orson Scott Card's books will not enter my house. (Unless of course my FIL brings them to read, as he is allowed to read whatever he wants, even those awful Left Behind books.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arya4queen Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 George rr Martin wrote a children's book have you tried that? My 9yo loved it can't remember the name of it :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athanasius Pernath Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 everything written by Walter Moers. he can start with The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear i don't know how good is the english version, but i suppose it's still good. that book is a MUST for a young reader. actually, is a MUST for everyone :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narwhal Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Catherynne Valente's The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland and its sequels should be at about the right age level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 @ Athanasius PernathI very much doubt that most of Walter Moers is suitable for 9 years olds, far more suitable for 12 years and up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Alan Garner, maybe? I read the Weirdstone of Brisingamen at about that age.That's what I was going to suggest as well. I liked Garner a lot at the same time I was reading Prydain and Narnia.George rr Martin wrote a children's book have you tried that? My 9yo loved it can't remember the name of it :(The Ice Dragon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 That's what I was going to suggest as well. I liked Garner a lot at the same time I was reading Prydain and Narnia.Mum got it for us because we lived quite near Alderley Edge - she also took us to visit the actual Wizard's Well.Some of Garner's other books might want to wait a couple of years though - Elidor gave me nightmares (although that may have been due to the creepyness of the BBC TV adaptation rather than the actual book). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 The dark is rising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angalin Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Mum got it for us because we lived quite near Alderley Edge - she also took us to visit the actual Wizard's Well.Some of Garner's other books might want to wait a couple of years though - Elidor gave me nightmares (although that may have been due to the creepyness of the BBC TV adaptation rather than the actual book).Malt, did I ever tell you about Garner's book of collected essays, The Voice That Thunders? Really great. Started me writing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Go with a classic. The Wind in the Willows. I read it at about the same age, and it still is one of my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George.ooh I also loved Farley Mowat's Lost in the Barrens and Owl's in the Family at that age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eponine Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 A Wrinkle in Time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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