Aussie Readers discussion

My Nephew is turning in a few weeks and has asked for some books.

He loves Roald Dahland has most of the books.

He has also liked the following books:

Geronimo Stilton: #1-3

The 13-Storey Treehouse

Torpix The Twisting Serpent

Any recommendations would be great.

Rangers Apprentice Bundle: Books 1-8 by John Flanagan perhaps?

Or Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer?

Our son loved both of those at the same age.

David Warner's The Big Switch: Kaboom Kid #1, Playing Up: Kaboom Kid #2, Keep it Down!: Kaboom Kid #3 and Hit For Six: Kaboom Kid #4

I gave my grandson #1 & #2 for Christmas and he really enjoyed them. He's 9...then recently my other 9yo grandson #1 and he devoured it.

Skulduggery Pleasant (maybe for older)

Echidna Mania

Troubletwisters in fact ANYTHING by garth nix and I am led to believe sean williams is also good

Is he too old for Selby Speaks series?

The Key to Rondo

anything by Morris Gleitzman

and this series: Into the Wild

and Specky Magee

My boys also liked stuff supposedly written for girls if it had a lot of action Sandry's Book is a great example!

also not fiction but much loved by kids: Horrible Histories

My son (now 12) is remembering Holes Enid Blyton, Quentaris in Flames, as well as many of the ones I or others mentioned. He was also at 10 still reading The Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet although he realises the series is easy for that age-group

There are the Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine - he did so many of them so just look at his name to browse

Paul Jennings has much to offer for that age group as well

Noelene wrote: "Paul Jennings has much to offer for that age group as well"

Paul Jennings was one my kids loved, and now grandkids:)

My grandson who is 9 is reading the first couple of the Harry Potter series at the moment...(screened by his dad;)) He's just finished Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

RitaSkeeter wrote: "There's always Percy Jackson as well: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan"

I love the Percy Jackson books - still have a few more to read to finish the series.

There are also other books in The 13-Storey Treehouse series, the kids at my school love them. Then there is , it's very funny!

The Tashi series by Anna Fienberg was a big hit with my girl at that age. I read a few and really enjoyed them too. It's an adventure series, full of magic, ghost, dragon and genies.

My boy is 10 and loves ALL the The 13-Story Treehouse books.

The Lightning Thief series

and as Brenda suggested, he's a cricket nut so enjoys the The Kaboom Kid #1: The Big Switch series as well. Good luck!

Sally906 wrote: "There are the Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine - he did so many of them so just look at his name to browse"

Sally my son, who is now 28, wasn't much of a reader, but he loved the Goosebumps books.

I bought my 10 year old nephew for Xmas

Weirdo
The 52-Storey Treehouse

I've just remembered another trilogy my nephews all loved when they were 10/11 (mind you my sister was horrified)I bought the first one for my oldest nephey when he was 11 but by the 3rd one had come out his 2 younger brothers were hanging out for it as well :)

It is the Butt trilogy by Andy Griffiths - an Aussie author

They are (in order)
The Day My Butt Went Psycho
Zombie Butts From Uranus
The Final Conflict

Thanks everyone for the suggestions.

This is a very good range for me to look at and choose.

Heaps here Rosie - you'd best not buy them all!! ;)

My 10 year old loves The Brilliant World of Tom Gates novels by Liz Pichon.

My younger son (the reader) loved the Tashi series right up to the end of primary school even though he'd been reading them since he was 7 or 8 -they're just good stories. He also loved the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, The Ranger's Apprentice Collection Books 1-3 Box Set series and Lemony Snicket's series of Unfortunate Events books. Also R.L. Stine's ghost and scary stories, Emily Rodda's Rowan and Deltora series, The Adventures of Captain Underpants, Andy Griffiths and of course the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets but he didn't read the later Harry Potter books till Y6&7. They're a bit too dark for 10y olds. I think most of these have already been mentioned so I'm just confirming their popularity :)

The school library should have most of these.

You should try the phoenix files.It's an age appropriate series.

Jace wrote: "You should try the phoenix files.It's an age appropriate series."

Mutation etc by Chris Morphew

Thanks all for the suggestions.

I got him

Matilda

The Kaboom Kid #1: The Big Switch

Tashi

The 26-Storey Treehouse

Hope he loves them all Rosie!