Mommy Jen Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 I'm looking for some book suggestions for my advanced 9 year old. He reads through the books I give him in a day! I'm looking for something that will challenge him more but doesn't contain any mature content. :bigear: Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 What are some books he's read recently? (To give us some idea what he's reading easily.) :) Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 (edited) Depends what you mean by "mature content." I've made notes where I think necessary The Little Grey Men and Down the Bright Stream (each have an intense chapter involving death, though not of a beloved character) Also by BB: Brendon Chase Swallows & Amazons series The Wolves Chronicles by Joan Aiken (Wolves of Willoughby Chase is the first); also Aiken's books of short stories Lloyd Alexander, including The Prydain Chronicles M.T. Anderson's Pals in Peril series (Whales on Stilts is the first) The Poisons of Caux series by Applebaum The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes The Hotel Under the Sand by Kage Baker Blue Balliet T.A. Barron's three Merlin series (These have recently been republished as one series... here's the first, The Lost Years; and a list of the original titles at wikipedia) Oz (don't miss Marvellous Land of Oz/Land of Oz or Ozma of Oz Anybodies series by N.E. Bode (more clever than you'd think) Green Knowe series by L.M. Boston (The Children of Green Know is the first) Elise Broach - Masterpiece and Shakespeare's Secret Sisters Grimm series by Buckley (the last volume is due out in another month or so) The Gideon Trilogy by Buckley-Archer The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins (Gregor the Overlander is the first) anything by Padraic Colum The Dark is Rising Sequence by Cooper Lionboy series by Corder Kevin Crossley-Holland's Arthur series (The Seeing Stone is the first) Edward Eager Michael Ende (not just The Neverending Story) Elizabeth Enright, including the Melendy Quartet Nancy Farmer's Sea of Trolls series (some violence, conservative Christians may have some trouble with this) Jules Feiffer's middle grade books (as opposed to picture books): A Barrel of Laughs, A Vale of Tears; The Man in the Ceiling; A Room with a Zoo The Great Brain series by Fitzgerald Sid Fleischman Cornelia Funke Alan Garner Jean Craighead George Rene Goscinny's Nicholas series (and Asterix, of course :001_smile:) Kenneth Grahame's short stories (in addition to The Wind in the Willows) Stephen & Lucy Hawking's George's Secret Key to the Universe and sequels (the third will be out in the US this year, or can be ordered from Book Depository if you can't wait) Hermux Tantmoq series by Hoeye Polly Horvath much of Eva Ibbotson (the descriptions will give a pretty good idea of the ones written for a bit older kids) Redwall Moomins Chronicles of Crestomanci by Wynne Jones Konigsberg: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler A Book Dragon by Kushner A Wrinkle in Time and sequels LaFevers' Theodosia series Caroline Lawrence's Roman Mysteries series (some tense moments) Robert Lawson Astrid Lindgren -- Ronia, Rasmus and the Vagabond much of Margaret Mahy The Daydreamer by McEwan Walter Moers -- 13-1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo Mowll's Guild of Specialists series Garth Nix - Seventh Tower and Keys to the Kingdom series, plus kids' sci/fi. Then look at the Abhorsen trilogy. Robert O'Brien - NIMH books and The Silver Crown Oppel's Silverwing series (his later books are more YA) Edward Ormondroyd: Time at the Top, All in Good Time, David and the Phoenix Michelle Paver's Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series (these are very good, but you may wish to wait a year or so) Daniel Pinkwater - Neddiad, Yggyssey, anything else in the middle reader section Everything by Howard Pyle Brandon Sanderson - Alcatraz series Lemony Snicket Robert Louis Stevenson Stewert/Riddell's Edge Chronicles Mysterious Benedict Society series James Thurber's children's books: The Wonderful O, The Thirteen Clocks Jules Verne Sylvia Waugh's Ormingat trilogy -- starts with Space Race Cat Weatherill's Barkbelly and Snowbone ETA: Summerland by Michael Chabon (one character has a violent, alcoholic father, but this is handled sensitively) Bone by Jeff Smith (graphic novels) Tintin New York Review of Books Children's Book Collection fairy tales, collections of folktales, myths, George MacDonald the Lang coloured Fairy Books Horrible anything and everything -- Horrible Histories, Geography, Science, Murderous Maths, Dead Famous Imponderables books by David Feldman Russell Stannard's Uncle Albert books Edited March 11, 2012 by nmoira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smdgl Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Boxcar Children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Wow! A HUGE nmoira list! She has never steered me wrong. ;) Any specific Mahy suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Twain Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I'll second the Narnia series and the Redwall series. There are many Redwall books, so that should buy you some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) Any specific Mahy suggestions? 3rd-ish grade and up The Great Piratical Rumbistification should be required reading for everyone :) The Horrible Haunted School Tingleberries, tuckertubs and telephones: A tale of love and ice-cream A Tall Story and Other Tales (connected short stories) The Girl with the Green Ear: Stories About Magic in Nature (short stories) 4th-ish and up The Greatest Show off Earth (I highly recommend this) The Pirates' Mixed-up Voyage (and this) The Blood and Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak The Door in the Air (short stories) 11/12+ Maddigan's Fantasia -- might be a bit intense for 9, but fine for most 12+; DD the Elder is fine with it at 10 The Other Side of Silence (issues are delicately handled, but not for sensitive younger kids) 13+ Dangerous Spaces (slow, dreamy, atmospheric) Kaitanga Twich (10yo DD read this, but doesn't want to go back to it for awhile) It's also worth seeing which of her picture books are at your library. Edited March 12, 2012 by nmoira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 3rd-ish grade and upThe Great Piratical Rumbistification should be required reading for everyone :) The Horrible Haunted School Tingleberries, tuckertubs and telephones: A tale of love and ice-cream A Tall Story and Other Tales (connected short stories) The Girl with the Green Ear: Stories About Magic in Nature (short stories) 4th-ish and up The Greatest Show off Earth (I highly recommend this) The Pirates' Mixed-up Voyage (and this) The Blood and Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak The Door in the Air (short stories) 11/12+ Maddigan's Fantasia -- might be a bit intense for 9, but fine for most 12+; DD the Elder is fine with it at 10 The Other Side of Silence (issues are delicately handled, but not for sensitive younger kids) 13+ Dangerous Spaces (slow, dreamy, atmospheric) Kaitanga Twich (10yo DD read this, but doesn't want to go back to it for awhile) It's also worth seeing which of her picture books are at your library. Exactly what I needed! Thanks for sorting by age! Already have The Great Piratical Rumbistification in my Amazon cart. Off to check out the rest. Thanks. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Wow!! Advanced 9 year old DS here too, so this list will be PERFECT for us. Thanks so much for the great ideas!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 You might like to look at my Amazon lists. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpklehm Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I'm taking many notes regarding these suggestions. Thanks to you all for sharing your ideas! They are all super helpful. I'm purchasing a few for Easter baskets as well as placing a few on hold at our library. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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